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What's the gin on Flight 100?

2
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- She's landed, sir.
- That's us.

3
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Nice smile, please, Miss La Fosse.

4
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Hold it, please.

5
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Sorry.

6
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Thank you, Miss La Fosse.

7
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- Miss La Fosse, I represent "The Record".
- Oh, "The Record", yes.

8
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Did you enjoy your trip, Miss La Fosse?

9
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Are you planning to make
a picture, Miss La Fosse?

10
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Well, what I really want to do

11
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- is I wanna get away from it all.
<i>- Your attention, please.</i>

12
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- I wanna find myself…
<i>- If a passenger on</i>

13
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<i>- Pan American World Airways…</i>
- a little stolen glade somewhere…

14
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<i>- Flight 100, Mr Steven Smith</i>…
- … far from maddening crowd.

15
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<i>- is in the lounge…</i>
- I wanna get closer to nature.

16
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- …<i>would he please call at reception?</i>
- Closer than I've ever been before,

17
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if possible.

18
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- Steve Smith.
- Huh?

19
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That's Whispering Smith.

20
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- I can just see it.
- Yes.

21
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- Now that is something.
- The whitewashed buildings

22
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gleaming in the sun,
free from glitter and sham.

23
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I wanna be all alone,
all alone on my very own.

24
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Well!

25
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They can't do this to me,
who do they think they are?

26
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Yeah, yeah, who do they think they are?

27
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And you stand there
calling yourself a manager.

28
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You couldn't manage my Aunt Fanny.

29
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Hey, take it easy, Fosse, will you?

30
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- You're in public.
- I don't care what I'm in.

31
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And don't you call me Fosse!

32
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Telephone call for you, Mr Smith.

33
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Thank you. Hello.

34
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Aren't you Whispering Smith
the detective?

35
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Steve Smith, American, here on vacation.

36
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Yes, you're talking to Steve Smith.

37
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- Are you here on a case, Mr Smith?
- Definitely not.

38
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Who? Miss Anne Carter, yes.

39
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Oh no, no, Miss Carter, I'm afraid not.

40
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I'm over here on holiday.

41
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- Where are you spending your holiday?
- Cornwall, I hope.

42
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No, no shop talk.

43
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Definitely.

44
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Tell you what I will do though.

45
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If your face is as cute as
your voice, I'll take you for…

46
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Oh.

47
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Pity.

48
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- Hold it, Mr Smith,
- Can we have a picture, Mr Smith?

49
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Sure.

50
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- All right.
- Thank you very much.

51
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Thank you.

52
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Calling Mr Smith.

53
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- Good morning.
- Calling Mr Smith.

54
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- I have a reservation, I think.
- Yes, sir.

55
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Calling Mr Steven Smith!

56
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- It's for me.
- Boy.

57
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There we are, sir.

58
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- Thank you.
- Room 204.

59
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- Yes, sir.
- I hope you'll be very comfortable, sir.

60
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Oh, thank you.

61
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This way if you please, sir.

62
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Can I get you anything, sir?

63
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Just ask them to send up
a luncheon menu, would you, please?

64
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Certainly, sir.

65
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Will you be lunching alone, sir?

66
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Yes, quite alone.

67
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Very good, sir.

68
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May I have your things unpacked, sir?

69
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Oh, no, no, that's not necessary.

70
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Oh, there is one thing you can do for me.

71
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That small bag has a pair
of slacks and a robe in it.

72
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Would you just lay them out for me?

73
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- With pleasure, sir.
- Thank you, porter.

74
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By the way, sir, may I say
we followed your last case,

75
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the armoured car robbery,
with great interest, sir.

76
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- You did?
- Oh, yes, sir.

77
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There was a lot about it in our papers.

78
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Well, that's one case
that I'd just as soon

79
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not have to live through again.

80
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It did get a bit sticky
towards the finish, didn't it?

81
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Well, I'll go and organise
this menu for you, sir.

82
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Hello.

83
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Mr Smith.

84
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Mr Smith!

85
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Just put it down over there.

86
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Put what down?

87
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Who are you?

88
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I… I phoned you at the airport.

89
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Why don't I come to England more often?

90
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Mr Smith, my name is Anne Carter.

91
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- Did you get my note?
- Mm-hmm.

92
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- What do you think about it?
- It was kind of long.

93
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Do you mind if I dry myself?

94
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Who's this Mr Garde?

95
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He's a publisher in New York.

96
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I have charge of his London office.

97
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Oh?

98
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And what does Mr Garde's
London office want with me?

99
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We have a job for you.

100
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Tell Mr Garde, no soap.

101
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- No soap?
- No dice, no deal.

102
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I'm here strictly for fun.

103
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Er, what are you doing tonight?

104
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Please, Mr Smith,
Mr Garde is a sick man,

105
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otherwise he'd be over here himself.

106
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Sylvia's death was
a terrible shock to him.

107
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You know any good bars in London?

108
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She was his only daughter.

109
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What's your favourite nightclub?

110
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All he got was just a bold
announcement and a cable

111
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that she'd been pulled out of the Thames
by the river police three weeks ago.

112
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Maybe we ought to start off with lunch.

113
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You aren't even listening.

114
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I heard every word.

115
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Mr Smith,

116
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Mr Garde believes that
his daughter was murdered.

117
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I think we ought to have
a cocktail before lunch, don't you?

118
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Well, if I have one with you,

119
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will you listen to what
I have to say about Sylvia?

120
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Miss Carter, you've
just made yourself a deal.

121
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Give me five minutes to get dressed
and I'll meet you in the bar downstairs.

122
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Oh, there you are.

123
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That was quick.

124
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Now, Sylvia left New York
when she was a child.

125
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Er, that looks good, I'll have
one of those too, please.

126
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Would you send them over to the table?

127
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Very good, sir.

128
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- What you having, darling?
- I'll have a sherry.

129
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Now, Miss Carter.

130
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Give.

131
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Well, Sylvia left New York
when she was a child

132
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and came to school here in England.

133
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She hardly ever returned home,

134
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but toured around the continent

135
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with a friend she met at school.

136
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A girl called Louise Balfour.

137
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Since Sylvia's death, Louise
seems to have disappeared.

138
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In fact, we haven't been
able to trace her at all.

139
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Are you listening?

140
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Mm.

141
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Louise Balfour, a friend of
Sylvia, now dead, is missing.

142
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Yes.

143
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Sylvia was also engaged to be…

144
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- Cheers.
- Oh, cheers.

145
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Sylvia was also engaged to be married.

146
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You said in your note that the police
are satisfied that it was suicide.

147
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It was the coroner's verdict.

148
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Well, who am I to dispute the coroner?

149
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Mr Smith, Sylvia wasn't
the type of girl to kill herself.

150
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- Who says?
- Well, her father.

151
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Well, fathers are apt to be prejudiced.

152
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Why are you so interested in this anyway?

153
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Well, I haven't been working
for Mr Garde very long,

154
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and naturally I want to help all I can.

155
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A-ha!

156
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- You've got yourself an angle.
- What do you mean?

157
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Well, let's be frank.

158
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You are no more interested in
Sylvia Garde's death than I am.

159
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You read that I was coming over here

160
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and you saw a chance
to stir up a lot of excitement

161
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and prove to your American boss
how indispensable you are.

162
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Might even be a bonus in it for you.

163
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You can keep your
whispering for someone else.

164
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I'm sorry I've wasted so much
of your vacation time, Mr Smith.

165
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Oh, yes, and you might be
interested to hear that

166
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I've also wasted some of mine.

167
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I'm supposed to be on a vacation.

168
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Goodbye!

169
00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:03,251
Oh, now, wait a minute.

170
00:09:05,209 --> 00:09:06,209
Hey!

171
00:09:20,667 --> 00:09:22,709
You really do need somebody
to look after you.

172
00:09:24,126 --> 00:09:25,876
- You all right?
- Yes.

173
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Yes, I think so.

174
00:09:29,792 --> 00:09:30,834
Taxi!

175
00:09:40,292 --> 00:09:41,292
Where to, guvnor?

176
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- Just drive around for a while.
- Right.

177
00:09:45,626 --> 00:09:47,542
Did that look like an accident to you?

178
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Well, it looked like someone
wanted you to have one.

179
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Exactly.

180
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Now perhaps you'll believe
that Sylvia was murdered,

181
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and the murderer knows that
I'm trying to start an investigation.

182
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Well, that's obvious, isn't it?

183
00:09:58,334 --> 00:10:00,167
Well, it could be a possible connection.

184
00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:02,459
Tell me about Sylvia.

185
00:10:02,542 --> 00:10:04,001
What was she like?

186
00:10:04,084 --> 00:10:05,876
I don't know firsthand, I never met her.

187
00:10:05,959 --> 00:10:07,542
I only spoke to her two
or three times on the phone

188
00:10:07,626 --> 00:10:09,084
when her cheque was overdue.

189
00:10:09,167 --> 00:10:11,959
Well, you'd better cable her father
for a couple of photographs.

190
00:10:12,042 --> 00:10:13,834
What do you want photographs for?

191
00:10:13,917 --> 00:10:15,126
When you're investigating a murder,

192
00:10:15,209 --> 00:10:17,376
it's always nice to know
what the victim looked like.

193
00:10:17,459 --> 00:10:19,334
Then you're going to take the case?

194
00:10:19,417 --> 00:10:21,376
Well… I don't know.

195
00:10:21,459 --> 00:10:22,501
Maybe.

196
00:10:23,292 --> 00:10:25,084
What made her father
so sure it was murder?

197
00:10:25,167 --> 00:10:26,501
Did he have anything to go on?

198
00:10:26,584 --> 00:10:29,376
No, except that about six weeks ago,

199
00:10:29,459 --> 00:10:32,667
a man turned up in New York
with $6,000 worth of IOUs

200
00:10:32,751 --> 00:10:34,167
signed by Sylvia.

201
00:10:34,251 --> 00:10:36,667
He said that if they weren't paid,
she'd be in very great danger.

202
00:10:36,751 --> 00:10:37,751
I know, I know.

203
00:10:37,834 --> 00:10:39,959
So he paid and he never
heard from the man again?

204
00:10:40,042 --> 00:10:41,167
Yes, how did you know?

205
00:10:41,251 --> 00:10:43,251
That's the way a shakedown works.

206
00:10:43,334 --> 00:10:45,459
- Did he ever hear from Sylvia?
- No.

207
00:10:45,542 --> 00:10:46,876
Well, didn't he try to
get in touch with her?

208
00:10:46,959 --> 00:10:49,792
Oh, he tried frantically,
but she'd disappeared.

209
00:10:49,876 --> 00:10:51,209
Mm.

210
00:10:51,292 --> 00:10:54,334
You say that Sylvia was
about to be married, to whom?

211
00:10:54,417 --> 00:10:55,751
A man named Roger Ford.

212
00:10:55,834 --> 00:10:58,501
Is he the one that sent
the cable to Sylvia's father?

213
00:10:58,584 --> 00:11:00,334
No, that was her lawyer.

214
00:11:00,417 --> 00:11:02,584
- And what was his name?
- Hector Reith.

215
00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:04,251
- Here in town?
- Yes.

216
00:11:04,334 --> 00:11:06,751
I could arrange an appointment,
if you'd like to meet him.

217
00:11:06,834 --> 00:11:07,834
No.

218
00:11:08,667 --> 00:11:10,917
No, I think I'll just drop in on him.

219
00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,501
So long vacation.

220
00:11:19,209 --> 00:11:20,209
Go on.

221
00:11:20,292 --> 00:11:21,501
Tell the driver the address.

222
00:11:23,626 --> 00:11:24,667
14 Golden Square.

223
00:11:24,751 --> 00:11:25,792
Right, lady.

224
00:11:51,709 --> 00:11:53,501
- Good afternoon, sir.
- Hello.

225
00:11:53,584 --> 00:11:55,876
I wonder if you'll ask
Mr Reith if he'll see me.

226
00:11:55,959 --> 00:11:57,292
My name's Steve Smith.

227
00:11:57,376 --> 00:11:59,501
I'm afraid Mr Reith has left for the day.

228
00:11:59,584 --> 00:12:00,709
Oh, that's too bad.

229
00:12:00,792 --> 00:12:01,959
Any idea where he's gone?

230
00:12:02,042 --> 00:12:03,417
He's playing golf.

231
00:12:03,501 --> 00:12:04,459
Oh, er…

232
00:12:05,709 --> 00:12:07,292
Where does he play?

233
00:12:07,376 --> 00:12:09,667
Well, at the Greenfields, near Windsor.

234
00:12:10,292 --> 00:12:11,126
Thanks.

235
00:12:11,209 --> 00:12:12,334
I may try him there.

236
00:12:12,417 --> 00:12:13,959
- Good afternoon.
- Bye.

237
00:12:23,834 --> 00:12:25,084
Mr Reith?

238
00:12:25,167 --> 00:12:26,292
Yes, what is it?

239
00:12:26,376 --> 00:12:28,126
My name is Steve Smith.

240
00:12:28,209 --> 00:12:29,084
Oh.

241
00:12:29,167 --> 00:12:31,626
Are you the fellow my
secretary telephoned about?

242
00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:32,792
Yes.

243
00:12:32,876 --> 00:12:36,126
I want to talk to you about Sylvia Garde.

244
00:12:36,209 --> 00:12:38,501
She didn't say it was about Sylvia.

245
00:12:38,584 --> 00:12:40,251
I didn't tell her.

246
00:12:40,334 --> 00:12:41,792
What a tragedy.

247
00:12:41,876 --> 00:12:43,501
Did you know Sylvia?

248
00:12:43,584 --> 00:12:44,876
Never met her.

249
00:12:44,959 --> 00:12:46,959
Your loss, I assure you.

250
00:12:47,042 --> 00:12:50,667
I knew her off and on,
ever since she was 15.

251
00:12:51,792 --> 00:12:53,709
I can't imagine why she took her life.

252
00:12:54,376 --> 00:12:55,751
Neither can her father.

253
00:12:55,834 --> 00:12:57,626
Quite, quite.

254
00:12:58,126 --> 00:12:59,209
Poor fellow.

255
00:12:59,709 --> 00:13:01,292
I'm not concentrating.

256
00:13:01,376 --> 00:13:02,542
Do you play this game?

257
00:13:03,251 --> 00:13:05,167
Er… No, not at all.

258
00:13:05,959 --> 00:13:06,959
Pity.

259
00:13:08,542 --> 00:13:10,167
You don't know what you're missing.

260
00:13:10,251 --> 00:13:11,792
I don't miss much, Mr Reith.

261
00:13:13,834 --> 00:13:15,417
Yes, Sylvia was an enchanting girl.

262
00:13:15,501 --> 00:13:16,792
She had her faults, of course,

263
00:13:16,876 --> 00:13:18,626
but they were all charming ones.

264
00:13:18,709 --> 00:13:21,542
She was gay, generous, carefree.

265
00:13:23,209 --> 00:13:25,292
To those who knew Sylvia,
it was a privilege.

266
00:13:25,376 --> 00:13:28,251
But then of course, few men
knew Sylvia as well as I did.

267
00:13:29,001 --> 00:13:30,667
Well, let's get back to her faults.

268
00:13:30,751 --> 00:13:32,334
Oh, but why?

269
00:13:32,417 --> 00:13:36,084
Why should we speak of the
small faults of one who is dead?

270
00:13:36,167 --> 00:13:37,834
So we can find out who killed her.

271
00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:40,001
Killed her?

272
00:13:40,084 --> 00:13:42,334
But you… you aren't serious?

273
00:13:42,417 --> 00:13:44,334
What about her faults?

274
00:13:44,417 --> 00:13:46,626
As I said, she was generous.

275
00:13:46,709 --> 00:13:48,667
Perhaps that was what got
her into difficulties.

276
00:13:48,751 --> 00:13:51,001
Financial difficulties, I mean.

277
00:13:51,084 --> 00:13:53,084
There was a wild streak in Sylvia.

278
00:13:53,709 --> 00:13:56,126
When the notion took her, off she'd go.

279
00:13:56,626 --> 00:14:00,459
Paris, Rome, Madrid,
gambling at the casinos.

280
00:14:01,376 --> 00:14:02,792
Sylvia loved gambling.

281
00:14:03,834 --> 00:14:05,792
Were you in love with her, Mr Reith?

282
00:14:07,167 --> 00:14:08,959
Aren't you being rather personal?

283
00:14:18,126 --> 00:14:19,126
- Waiter.
- Yes, sir.

284
00:14:19,209 --> 00:14:20,167
A packet of cigarettes.

285
00:14:20,251 --> 00:14:21,251
- Yes, sir.
- Right away.

286
00:14:21,334 --> 00:14:22,459
If you like, sir.

287
00:14:38,167 --> 00:14:40,292
You forgot your golf balls, Mr Reith.

288
00:14:44,334 --> 00:14:48,209
You, er, also forgot
to answer my question.

289
00:14:49,042 --> 00:14:50,167
What question?

290
00:14:50,251 --> 00:14:51,876
Were you in love with Sylvia?

291
00:14:53,042 --> 00:14:55,167
Everyone who knew Sylvia loved her.

292
00:14:56,084 --> 00:14:58,584
And you think perhaps
it was her generosity

293
00:14:58,667 --> 00:15:00,792
that got her into
the financial difficulties?

294
00:15:00,876 --> 00:15:02,334
I think it's more than likely.

295
00:15:02,417 --> 00:15:04,251
Did you mention
that at the investigation?

296
00:15:04,334 --> 00:15:06,542
Yes, I did, the coroner
was investigating

297
00:15:06,626 --> 00:15:08,042
cause for suicide.

298
00:15:08,126 --> 00:15:09,876
And you supplied the cause?

299
00:15:11,042 --> 00:15:12,542
May I ask what right you have

300
00:15:12,626 --> 00:15:14,417
to delve into Sylvia's private affairs?

301
00:15:14,501 --> 00:15:15,959
Look, Mr Reith, I'm a detective.

302
00:15:16,042 --> 00:15:17,376
I'm working for Sylvia's father.

303
00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:19,292
To me, she's just another case.

304
00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:22,126
Now, either you want to help us
get at the truth or you don't.

305
00:15:23,376 --> 00:15:24,417
I see.

306
00:15:25,834 --> 00:15:28,084
Now, I'm told that Sylvia
was about to marry a man

307
00:15:28,167 --> 00:15:29,251
named Roger Ford.

308
00:15:29,334 --> 00:15:30,417
Do you know him?

309
00:15:31,292 --> 00:15:33,126
Mr Ford is one of my clients.

310
00:15:33,209 --> 00:15:35,542
Oh, can you give me his address?

311
00:15:35,626 --> 00:15:38,084
Yes, I can give you
his address if you want it.

312
00:15:39,376 --> 00:15:43,292
Did, er, Sylvia leave Mr Ford any money?

313
00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:44,709
Very little money to leave.

314
00:15:44,792 --> 00:15:46,751
The estate was mostly eaten up with debts.

315
00:15:47,584 --> 00:15:50,792
She left him a small bungalow
near Bray on Thames

316
00:15:50,876 --> 00:15:52,834
and a few minor articles of jewellery.

317
00:15:52,917 --> 00:15:55,084
Most of them I think
Mr Ford had given her himself.

318
00:15:55,167 --> 00:15:56,376
Mm.

319
00:15:56,459 --> 00:15:57,667
All right, thank you.

320
00:15:59,334 --> 00:16:02,751
Oh, er, one more thing, Mr Reith.

321
00:16:02,834 --> 00:16:06,209
Do you know a girl named Louise Balfour?

322
00:16:06,292 --> 00:16:07,501
Balfour?

323
00:16:07,584 --> 00:16:09,251
Yes, the name does sound familiar.

324
00:16:09,334 --> 00:16:11,001
Wasn't she one of Sylvia's friends?

325
00:16:11,084 --> 00:16:12,542
You didn't know her personally?

326
00:16:12,626 --> 00:16:13,667
No.

327
00:16:15,251 --> 00:16:16,501
Thanks again, Mr Reith.

328
00:16:16,584 --> 00:16:17,792
You've been very helpful.

329
00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,001
I try to be.

330
00:16:19,084 --> 00:16:21,542
If we meet again, you
might even grow to like me.

331
00:16:22,584 --> 00:16:23,751
We'll meet again.

332
00:16:53,584 --> 00:16:54,792
Mr Ford?

333
00:16:54,876 --> 00:16:56,292
Mr Steven Smith?

334
00:16:56,376 --> 00:16:57,626
Yes, that's right.

335
00:16:57,709 --> 00:16:59,876
I've been expecting you, come on in.

336
00:16:59,959 --> 00:17:00,959
Thank you.

337
00:17:04,376 --> 00:17:05,709
A little hobby of mine.

338
00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:08,917
I give shows with them,
for charity, of course.

339
00:17:12,542 --> 00:17:16,126
Did, er, Hector Reith
tell you I was coming?

340
00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:18,334
He said you might.

341
00:17:18,417 --> 00:17:19,876
Come and sit down, Mr Smith.

342
00:17:20,751 --> 00:17:22,042
Can I give you a little drink?

343
00:17:22,126 --> 00:17:24,376
I have an excellent brandy
I can recommend.

344
00:17:25,084 --> 00:17:26,126
Thank you.

345
00:17:29,042 --> 00:17:31,917
I told Mr Reith that if
there is anything behind

346
00:17:32,001 --> 00:17:35,167
Sylvia's death which wasn't
brought to light at the inquest,

347
00:17:35,251 --> 00:17:37,876
I should be only too glad to give you
every assistance I can.

348
00:17:37,959 --> 00:17:40,251
You make these things yourself?

349
00:17:40,334 --> 00:17:41,417
Of course.

350
00:17:42,292 --> 00:17:44,042
A man couldn't put on
a show worth watching

351
00:17:44,126 --> 00:17:46,501
unless he made his puppets himself.

352
00:17:46,584 --> 00:17:48,126
Why?

353
00:17:48,209 --> 00:17:49,626
Why?

354
00:17:49,709 --> 00:17:51,251
- Your brandy.
- Oh.

355
00:17:51,334 --> 00:17:53,501
You see, the essence of
creating a puppet, Mr Smith,

356
00:17:53,584 --> 00:17:56,209
isn't merely governed by
its physical structure.

357
00:17:56,292 --> 00:18:00,334
To a puppeteer,
his little actors are… alive.

358
00:18:01,001 --> 00:18:03,876
Each has his own personality,
his own traits.

359
00:18:04,959 --> 00:18:06,751
His own philosophy.

360
00:18:06,834 --> 00:18:07,792
Haven't you?

361
00:18:10,126 --> 00:18:11,876
You really surprise me, Mr Ford.

362
00:18:12,792 --> 00:18:14,917
Sylvia loved my puppets, Mr Smith.

363
00:18:16,584 --> 00:18:17,709
Strange girl.

364
00:18:18,709 --> 00:18:20,084
Strange and rather wonderful.

365
00:18:21,251 --> 00:18:22,501
I shall never forget her.

366
00:18:23,876 --> 00:18:26,126
I can't even accept
the fact that she is dead.

367
00:18:26,876 --> 00:18:28,001
Can't you?

368
00:18:28,834 --> 00:18:31,417
Sylvia and I often sat
in this room together,

369
00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:34,292
talking, planning our future.

370
00:18:36,042 --> 00:18:37,334
Whatever possessed her…

371
00:18:44,834 --> 00:18:45,917
Forgive me.

372
00:18:57,084 --> 00:18:58,542
Sylvia leave you any money?

373
00:18:59,584 --> 00:19:00,626
Money?

374
00:19:01,292 --> 00:19:02,584
Oh, very little.

375
00:19:03,459 --> 00:19:05,459
Apart from what I gave her,

376
00:19:05,542 --> 00:19:07,667
the poor girl had very little to leave.

377
00:19:07,751 --> 00:19:08,959
Mm-hmm.

378
00:19:10,126 --> 00:19:14,167
What do you know about
a girl named… Louise Balfour?

379
00:19:15,751 --> 00:19:18,542
Only that she was Sylvia's companion.

380
00:19:18,626 --> 00:19:20,251
I didn't see a great deal of her.

381
00:19:21,167 --> 00:19:23,292
Sylvia leave her any money?

382
00:19:23,376 --> 00:19:25,167
No, I don't think so.

383
00:19:26,042 --> 00:19:28,292
I was the sole beneficiary.

384
00:19:31,626 --> 00:19:33,501
Where does Louise Balfour live now?

385
00:19:35,584 --> 00:19:37,667
I'm afraid I have lost touch with her.

386
00:19:38,626 --> 00:19:40,251
She was very close to Sylvia at one time,

387
00:19:40,334 --> 00:19:42,001
but I think there was a quarrel.

388
00:19:43,209 --> 00:19:45,001
You know what girls are, Mr Smith.

389
00:19:45,959 --> 00:19:48,876
Sylvia had a certain
proprietary attitude towards me,

390
00:19:48,959 --> 00:19:51,584
and I think somehow she began to resent

391
00:19:51,667 --> 00:19:53,792
Louise's intrusion into our privacy.

392
00:19:56,042 --> 00:19:57,209
If you know what I mean.

393
00:19:57,292 --> 00:19:58,334
Oh, yes.

394
00:19:59,501 --> 00:20:01,292
Yes, you mean she was jealous?

395
00:20:02,792 --> 00:20:04,917
As you put it so bluntly, yes,

396
00:20:05,001 --> 00:20:07,459
I think jealousy did enter into it.

397
00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:09,042
Can you think of any
reason why your fiancée

398
00:20:09,126 --> 00:20:10,542
would've taken her own life?

399
00:20:12,626 --> 00:20:13,917
None at all.

400
00:20:14,542 --> 00:20:17,251
Can you imagine anyone
wanting to take it for her?

401
00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:22,001
You're not suggesting, surely,
that Sylvia was…

402
00:20:24,417 --> 00:20:26,084
Thanks for the drink.

403
00:20:26,167 --> 00:20:28,584
Are you implying that
Sylvia was murdered?

404
00:20:30,376 --> 00:20:31,459
Not yet.

405
00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:36,459
Pity about Louise Balfour's address.

406
00:20:36,542 --> 00:20:38,542
I'd hope to keep Scotland Yard
out of this,

407
00:20:38,626 --> 00:20:42,542
but I… I suppose they'll be
able to find it for me.

408
00:20:42,626 --> 00:20:45,292
Well, if there's anything I've forgotten
I feel you should know,

409
00:20:45,376 --> 00:20:46,959
I'll certainly get in touch with you.

410
00:20:47,042 --> 00:20:50,001
- Mm.
- Excuse me, Mr Smith.

411
00:20:50,084 --> 00:20:52,667
You have a most unusual face.

412
00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,834
I should love to do
a puppet of you sometime.

413
00:20:55,751 --> 00:20:57,501
Afraid I'm not the type.

414
00:20:57,584 --> 00:20:59,084
Did you ever do one of Sylvia?

415
00:21:00,501 --> 00:21:01,542
Never.

416
00:21:01,626 --> 00:21:03,417
One of my deepest regrets.

417
00:21:07,751 --> 00:21:10,334
By the way, I'm staying
at the Hotel Plaza,

418
00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:12,667
just in case anything should turn up.

419
00:21:22,626 --> 00:21:24,542
Did Ford act like a bereaved fiancé?

420
00:21:24,626 --> 00:21:26,376
He acted, period.

421
00:21:29,751 --> 00:21:31,001
What's the next step?

422
00:21:31,959 --> 00:21:33,667
Gonna wait here for a phone call.

423
00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:34,834
Oh, who from?

424
00:21:35,667 --> 00:21:36,751
Roger Ford.

425
00:21:37,917 --> 00:21:40,209
But I don't understand,
you've only just come from him.

426
00:21:41,042 --> 00:21:42,834
That's right, I have, Annie.

427
00:21:43,792 --> 00:21:46,626
In the meantime, I think
I'll get some sleep.

428
00:21:46,709 --> 00:21:47,959
Sleep?

429
00:21:48,042 --> 00:21:51,167
Er, quaint old American custom,
do you mind?

430
00:21:51,251 --> 00:21:53,959
But I thought that when
a detective went on a case,

431
00:21:54,042 --> 00:21:57,334
a good detective that is,
he worked 24 hours a day.

432
00:21:57,417 --> 00:21:59,376
Oh, that's what you thought, is it?

433
00:21:59,459 --> 00:22:00,376
Certainly.

434
00:22:00,459 --> 00:22:02,876
That's why I've taken
the room next door to yours.

435
00:22:04,876 --> 00:22:06,001
You what?

436
00:22:06,084 --> 00:22:09,542
Well, I… I thought that if
you needed me to type for you

437
00:22:09,626 --> 00:22:12,459
or make calls, I could
be on hand at the time.

438
00:22:13,542 --> 00:22:15,584
Besides, I feel safer.

439
00:22:16,709 --> 00:22:19,001
Annie, may I tell you what you are?

440
00:22:19,084 --> 00:22:21,292
- By all means.
- Part idiot.

441
00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:25,334
And part angel.

442
00:22:30,001 --> 00:22:31,126
Hello?

443
00:22:31,209 --> 00:22:32,834
By lucky chance, I ran into some friends

444
00:22:32,917 --> 00:22:34,542
of Louise Balfour's after you'd left,

445
00:22:34,626 --> 00:22:36,251
and they gave me her address.

446
00:22:36,334 --> 00:22:38,792
Well, now that was lucky, wasn't it?

447
00:22:40,084 --> 00:22:42,292
34 Albion Close.

448
00:22:43,584 --> 00:22:45,126
Thank you, Mr Ford.

449
00:22:46,542 --> 00:22:48,751
Wonderful what the mention
of Scotland Yard will do.

450
00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:50,667
He's given me Louise Balfour's address.

451
00:22:52,459 --> 00:22:54,667
- Are you going to see her?
- Right away.

452
00:22:54,751 --> 00:22:56,042
When will you be back?

453
00:22:56,126 --> 00:22:58,376
Well, that depends on Miss Balfour.

454
00:22:59,292 --> 00:23:01,251
Is that why you're changing your tie?

455
00:23:02,459 --> 00:23:03,792
Special occasion, Annie.

456
00:23:05,626 --> 00:23:07,459
Maybe I'd better go and see her.

457
00:23:07,542 --> 00:23:09,417
No, that's what you pay me for.

458
00:23:10,251 --> 00:23:12,584
Well, don't overwork.

459
00:23:20,584 --> 00:23:22,167
Oh, one for luck.

460
00:23:52,917 --> 00:23:54,626
- Evening.
- Good evening, sir.

461
00:23:54,709 --> 00:23:55,876
Miss Balfour at home?

462
00:23:55,959 --> 00:23:57,417
Well, she is, sir, she's just come in.

463
00:23:57,501 --> 00:24:00,126
My name's Smith. I'd like to see her.

464
00:24:00,209 --> 00:24:01,709
Well, it's very late, sir.

465
00:24:01,792 --> 00:24:04,292
Er… Er, yes, isn't it?

466
00:24:55,709 --> 00:24:58,376
Are you pricing my furniture
by any chance, Mr Smith?

467
00:25:02,709 --> 00:25:07,126
Oh, I er… I always did like
beautiful things.

468
00:25:10,959 --> 00:25:12,626
What can I do for you?

469
00:25:15,792 --> 00:25:17,584
I was a friend of Sylvia Garde.

470
00:25:18,376 --> 00:25:19,751
Were you?

471
00:25:19,834 --> 00:25:21,001
Close friend?

472
00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:22,042
Hmm.

473
00:25:23,917 --> 00:25:25,792
She often spoke of you, Miss Balfour.

474
00:25:26,876 --> 00:25:28,584
When I read of her death,
I wanted to meet someone

475
00:25:28,667 --> 00:25:31,876
who might know more about it
than appeared in the papers.

476
00:25:31,959 --> 00:25:34,876
There was, there was something
about Sylvia, wasn't there?

477
00:25:35,792 --> 00:25:37,501
There's something about everybody.

478
00:25:38,292 --> 00:25:40,292
Yes, but it's…

479
00:25:40,376 --> 00:25:43,167
it's hard for one to think
of Sylvia as dead, isn't it?

480
00:25:43,251 --> 00:25:44,501
It isn't for me.

481
00:25:45,709 --> 00:25:46,876
Can I fix you a drink?

482
00:25:48,209 --> 00:25:50,001
Er, no. No, thank you.

483
00:25:52,042 --> 00:25:53,126
Cigarette?

484
00:25:56,001 --> 00:25:58,126
I'm surprised Sylvia
never told you about me.

485
00:25:58,792 --> 00:26:00,876
- Did you know her that well?
- Yes.

486
00:26:01,334 --> 00:26:03,709
Are you trying to tell me
that you were once in love with her?

487
00:26:04,501 --> 00:26:06,209
How did you happen to break up?

488
00:26:06,959 --> 00:26:09,001
Well, she was jealous.

489
00:26:09,084 --> 00:26:12,917
There was a girl, a girl
named Peggy Tomlinson.

490
00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:15,251
Er, didn't she ever mention Peggy?

491
00:26:17,042 --> 00:26:19,126
You're a very poor liar, aren't you?

492
00:26:21,459 --> 00:26:23,626
There was a story in the evening
paper about you arriving.

493
00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:26,001
They published a picture of you.

494
00:26:28,084 --> 00:26:30,042
I'm quite sure that if
Sylvia had known anyone

495
00:26:30,126 --> 00:26:32,751
as famous as Whispering Smith,
she would've told me.

496
00:26:34,959 --> 00:26:37,042
Don't look now, but your jaw's hanging.

497
00:26:40,542 --> 00:26:42,417
- So I lied.
- Why?

498
00:26:44,792 --> 00:26:47,001
Maybe I wanted to find out something.

499
00:26:47,709 --> 00:26:48,959
About me?

500
00:26:49,834 --> 00:26:51,001
Could be.

501
00:26:54,251 --> 00:26:55,334
Did you succeed?

502
00:26:57,001 --> 00:26:57,959
Could be.

503
00:27:00,376 --> 00:27:02,834
Now, how about that drink?

504
00:27:02,917 --> 00:27:04,126
All right.

505
00:27:05,084 --> 00:27:06,167
Take me out?

506
00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:09,417
What's holding us back?

507
00:27:12,209 --> 00:27:16,126
Tell me, do you always
make such fast decisions?

508
00:27:16,209 --> 00:27:17,459
Yes, always.

509
00:27:19,709 --> 00:27:22,626
It might not be smart to make
fast decisions about me.

510
00:27:22,709 --> 00:27:23,834
Why?

511
00:27:23,917 --> 00:27:26,376
Well, I'm just a poor detective.

512
00:27:26,459 --> 00:27:27,792
I like working men.

513
00:27:48,209 --> 00:27:49,417
- Louise?
- Mm.

514
00:27:52,376 --> 00:27:53,709
You know Hector Reith?

515
00:27:54,292 --> 00:27:55,376
Slightly.

516
00:27:56,251 --> 00:27:58,876
Think he could've had anything
to do with Sylvia Garde's death?

517
00:27:58,959 --> 00:28:00,126
I don't think so.

518
00:28:00,792 --> 00:28:02,751
Hey, now wait a minute, wait a minute.

519
00:28:02,834 --> 00:28:04,417
What are you fighting?

520
00:28:04,501 --> 00:28:05,417
Everything.

521
00:28:05,959 --> 00:28:07,042
Relax.

522
00:28:07,126 --> 00:28:08,667
Have fun.

523
00:28:08,751 --> 00:28:10,626
That's what I thought
we were going to do.

524
00:28:10,709 --> 00:28:12,459
All you've done is to ask questions.

525
00:28:22,292 --> 00:28:23,834
You said it yourself.

526
00:28:25,001 --> 00:28:26,126
I'm a working man.

527
00:28:30,334 --> 00:28:33,209
From everything I've learned today,
I believe Sylvia was murdered.

528
00:28:33,292 --> 00:28:35,209
Now do you wanna help me find
out who did it or don't you?

529
00:28:35,292 --> 00:28:36,876
Of course I do, but how can I?

530
00:28:37,792 --> 00:28:39,876
All I know is Sylvia
wasn't like other people.

531
00:28:40,751 --> 00:28:42,667
Her mind was driving and twisted.

532
00:28:44,126 --> 00:28:46,126
There were times when she hated everybody.

533
00:28:46,917 --> 00:28:48,084
Mostly she hated herself.

534
00:28:49,834 --> 00:28:51,084
Did she hate you?

535
00:28:52,709 --> 00:28:55,709
She did get the idea that Roger Ford
and I were secretly in love.

536
00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:58,292
And were you?

537
00:28:58,376 --> 00:28:59,334
Of course not.

538
00:28:59,417 --> 00:29:02,667
I liked him, but chiefly because
he was to be her husband.

539
00:29:04,251 --> 00:29:06,126
The three of us went
around a lot together.

540
00:29:07,001 --> 00:29:08,167
The three of you.

541
00:29:09,209 --> 00:29:11,251
Sylvia seemed to enjoy having me along.

542
00:29:12,709 --> 00:29:14,376
Then one day something happened. I…

543
00:29:15,959 --> 00:29:18,501
I don't know what it was,
she turned, changed.

544
00:29:20,667 --> 00:29:22,459
Could I have my coat, please?

545
00:29:22,542 --> 00:29:23,459
Oh.

546
00:29:24,542 --> 00:29:25,959
She never spoke to me again.

547
00:29:27,334 --> 00:29:29,834
I can only believe that someone
poisoned her mind against me.

548
00:29:31,084 --> 00:29:33,084
As for Hector Reith, I hate him.

549
00:29:33,167 --> 00:29:35,084
Thought you said you
didn't know him very well.

550
00:29:36,334 --> 00:29:38,834
I'm the type who hates
or loves at first sight.

551
00:29:48,917 --> 00:29:50,126
Will I see you again?

552
00:29:50,876 --> 00:29:51,876
Definitely.

553
00:29:52,542 --> 00:29:53,959
Now that I've met you, I…

554
00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:56,959
I don't think I'll be so
afraid of things anymore.

555
00:29:57,876 --> 00:30:01,209
Don't know why I should say this,
but it's a feeling I have.

556
00:30:03,376 --> 00:30:04,917
Sorry I was so moody.

557
00:30:07,001 --> 00:30:08,792
Sorry I asked so many questions.

558
00:30:10,334 --> 00:30:11,334
Goodnight.

559
00:30:13,001 --> 00:30:14,251
Goodnight.

560
00:32:10,209 --> 00:32:11,917
You know I might kill you, buster.

561
00:32:12,001 --> 00:32:14,251
No. No, don't, I… I ain't done nothing.

562
00:32:14,334 --> 00:32:15,792
You want to talk?

563
00:32:15,876 --> 00:32:17,001
What do you want to know?

564
00:32:17,084 --> 00:32:18,917
Who hired you to tail me around?

565
00:32:19,001 --> 00:32:20,876
- What do you mean?
- You tried to run that girl down.

566
00:32:20,959 --> 00:32:22,417
- No, I tell you—
- Come on!

567
00:32:23,501 --> 00:32:24,501
The agency.

568
00:32:24,584 --> 00:32:25,792
What agency?

569
00:32:25,876 --> 00:32:28,084
Star Opaque, the nursing home.

570
00:32:29,751 --> 00:32:31,751
Did they tell you who I was?

571
00:32:31,834 --> 00:32:32,876
Whispering Smith.

572
00:32:35,126 --> 00:32:36,126
Where do you live?

573
00:32:37,084 --> 00:32:39,251
- Got a room.
- Okay, let's go to it.

574
00:32:39,334 --> 00:32:40,917
But one funny move out of you

575
00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:43,417
and you'll wake up in the alley
with the cats looking at you.

576
00:32:53,792 --> 00:32:56,417
The Star Opaque Nursing Home, eh?

577
00:32:56,501 --> 00:32:59,001
A clearing house where
you can hire a murderer,

578
00:32:59,084 --> 00:33:01,042
a burglar, a thief,
anything else you want,

579
00:33:01,126 --> 00:33:02,917
as long as it's illegal, that right?

580
00:33:03,001 --> 00:33:04,417
- That's it, guvnor.
- Yeah.

581
00:33:05,126 --> 00:33:06,376
They hired you, eh?

582
00:33:08,376 --> 00:33:09,501
Who hired them?

583
00:33:09,584 --> 00:33:11,584
They never tell us stiffs nothing.

584
00:33:14,251 --> 00:33:16,792
You know, buster, for
some reason, I believe you.

585
00:33:18,584 --> 00:33:20,876
Looks like the only way I'm
gonna find out who wants me dead

586
00:33:20,959 --> 00:33:24,917
is to pay a little visit
to the Star Opaque.

587
00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:27,042
Don't go near that place.

588
00:33:27,126 --> 00:33:29,042
They'll put you in one
of their little rooms

589
00:33:29,126 --> 00:33:31,042
and put a straitjacket on you.

590
00:33:31,126 --> 00:33:33,251
Then they pour whisky down your throat.

591
00:33:33,334 --> 00:33:36,459
They'll keep you there till
you die of alcohol poisoning.

592
00:33:36,542 --> 00:33:39,292
It's what the autopsy shows anyhow.

593
00:33:39,376 --> 00:33:40,334
Nice people, huh?

594
00:33:41,251 --> 00:33:45,084
Well, don't worry, buster,
I don't intend to make this a social call.

595
00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:50,917
And by the way, you're gonna
be awful unpopular by morning.

596
00:33:51,001 --> 00:33:53,209
If I were you, I'd get out of town.

597
00:36:50,667 --> 00:36:52,876
It is past four o'clock in the morning.

598
00:36:52,959 --> 00:36:55,501
Therefore, I presume this visit
is one of the utmost importance.

599
00:36:55,584 --> 00:36:56,834
Your name, please?

600
00:36:59,376 --> 00:37:00,626
Smith, what's yours?

601
00:37:00,709 --> 00:37:01,959
Smith?

602
00:37:02,042 --> 00:37:04,084
Ah, you prefer to remain anonymous.

603
00:37:04,167 --> 00:37:06,376
So many of our patients do.

604
00:37:06,459 --> 00:37:07,709
I am Dr Taren.

605
00:37:10,834 --> 00:37:12,376
But we waste time.

606
00:37:12,459 --> 00:37:14,209
Since you have surely come
on an important errand,

607
00:37:14,292 --> 00:37:16,042
I should like to know at once what it is.

608
00:37:17,126 --> 00:37:18,917
Somebody hired you to put a tail on me.

609
00:37:19,001 --> 00:37:19,792
Who was it?

610
00:37:19,876 --> 00:37:21,626
Please step a little closer.

611
00:37:23,459 --> 00:37:25,084
Ah, yes.

612
00:37:25,167 --> 00:37:26,876
Dementia praecox.

613
00:37:26,959 --> 00:37:28,417
Hallucinations.

614
00:37:28,501 --> 00:37:29,959
You have reached an acute state

615
00:37:30,042 --> 00:37:31,834
where you imagine people are after you.

616
00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:34,292
Advanced alcoholic delusions.

617
00:37:34,376 --> 00:37:36,542
You are indeed in need of help.

618
00:37:36,626 --> 00:37:37,959
Look, Dr Jekyll,

619
00:37:38,042 --> 00:37:40,126
I'm not drunk and I'm not
imagining things.

620
00:37:40,209 --> 00:37:43,001
One of the symptoms
of alcoholic derangement

621
00:37:43,084 --> 00:37:46,251
is that whilst in a state
of extreme inebriation,

622
00:37:46,334 --> 00:37:49,251
one imagines himself
to be perfectly sober.

623
00:37:49,334 --> 00:37:50,959
Will you knock off the double talk?

624
00:37:51,042 --> 00:37:53,584
You referred to me
just now as Dr Jekyll.

625
00:37:53,667 --> 00:37:56,917
Does that not prove to you that
even identities are becoming blurred

626
00:37:57,001 --> 00:37:58,542
by the alcoholic haze?

627
00:37:59,292 --> 00:38:02,626
Williams, we have a new patient with us.

628
00:38:02,709 --> 00:38:05,376
You will put him in Room 113.

629
00:38:05,459 --> 00:38:07,917
He appears to be calm,
but be on your guard.

630
00:38:08,001 --> 00:38:11,042
He is a manic depressive,
suffering intense melancholia,

631
00:38:11,126 --> 00:38:14,001
which produces the hallucination
that he is being followed.

632
00:38:14,584 --> 00:38:17,001
He may try to elude you.
Do not let him.

633
00:38:17,084 --> 00:38:19,584
For his own good, he must be confined.

634
00:38:20,167 --> 00:38:21,209
Come on.

635
00:38:21,959 --> 00:38:23,876
Don't do that, Mr Smith.

636
00:38:27,209 --> 00:38:29,084
Nice little snake pit you got here.

637
00:38:29,167 --> 00:38:33,376
Williams, I asked you to
take Mr Smith to Room 113.

638
00:39:09,501 --> 00:39:10,584
Steve?

639
00:39:11,251 --> 00:39:12,167
Annie.

640
00:39:12,251 --> 00:39:14,167
I'm in here, come on in.

641
00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:16,001
Oh, Steve, I've been going crazy.

642
00:39:16,084 --> 00:39:17,792
I thought something had happened to you.

643
00:39:17,876 --> 00:39:18,667
Are you kidding?

644
00:39:18,751 --> 00:39:20,167
Where have you been all night?

645
00:39:20,251 --> 00:39:22,126
You have now had your wish.

646
00:39:22,209 --> 00:39:24,751
I have worked 24 hours around the clock.

647
00:39:26,417 --> 00:39:27,417
Louise Balfour?

648
00:39:27,959 --> 00:39:30,459
Not all this time, Annie.

649
00:39:30,542 --> 00:39:32,917
Look, I've gotta sleep,
will you do something for me?

650
00:39:33,001 --> 00:39:33,792
Mm.

651
00:39:33,876 --> 00:39:36,376
Call Inspector Meaker at
Scotland Yard, Dave Meaker.

652
00:39:36,459 --> 00:39:39,584
Tell him I'd like to see him
about 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

653
00:39:39,667 --> 00:39:41,959
- Right.
- Oh, and tell him too that, er,

654
00:39:42,042 --> 00:39:43,959
might be worth his
while if he investigated

655
00:39:44,042 --> 00:39:45,667
the Star Opaque Nursing Home.

656
00:39:45,751 --> 00:39:46,751
Why?

657
00:39:46,834 --> 00:39:47,792
Well…

658
00:39:49,542 --> 00:39:51,084
I don't like 'em.

659
00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:52,209
They tried to kill me.

660
00:39:52,292 --> 00:39:54,209
Yes, but just because they tried to k…

661
00:39:55,251 --> 00:39:56,626
They did what?

662
00:39:58,709 --> 00:40:00,167
Call the inspector, Annie.

663
00:40:00,251 --> 00:40:02,626
Steve, don't go to sleep.

664
00:40:02,709 --> 00:40:04,542
You can't leave me in the air like this.

665
00:40:04,626 --> 00:40:05,959
You can't.

666
00:40:06,042 --> 00:40:08,167
Oh, but, Annie, I can.

667
00:40:09,542 --> 00:40:10,626
Steve.

668
00:40:11,626 --> 00:40:13,334
Please don't call me Annie.

669
00:40:14,417 --> 00:40:15,667
My name's Anne.

670
00:40:16,334 --> 00:40:21,251
I've got dementia praecox,
alcoholic hallucinations.

671
00:40:23,751 --> 00:40:25,751
I'm in a bad way, Annie.

672
00:40:39,084 --> 00:40:40,501
Now look here, Steve.

673
00:40:40,584 --> 00:40:43,917
I've had the Star Opaque under observation
for the past six weeks,

674
00:40:44,001 --> 00:40:45,792
building up a lovely case against them.

675
00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:47,876
Within 12 hours of your
arriving in England,

676
00:40:47,959 --> 00:40:49,292
you raid the place on your own

677
00:40:49,376 --> 00:40:51,251
and scare the living
daylights out of them.

678
00:40:51,334 --> 00:40:54,626
Well, we're all even, they scared
the living daylights out of me.

679
00:40:54,709 --> 00:40:56,334
Well, serves you right.

680
00:40:56,417 --> 00:40:58,709
It may interest you to know that I raided
the Star Opaque Nursing Home

681
00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:00,209
earlier this morning, and what did I find?

682
00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:02,001
Nothing, absolutely nothing.

683
00:41:02,084 --> 00:41:03,084
Soon as you'd gone,

684
00:41:03,167 --> 00:41:05,334
they got busy and destroyed
every stitch of evidence.

685
00:41:05,417 --> 00:41:07,501
Er, Dave, not to change the subject,

686
00:41:07,584 --> 00:41:11,417
but I did introduce my new assistant,
didn't I, Miss Carter?

687
00:41:11,501 --> 00:41:13,417
You did. How do you do again?

688
00:41:13,501 --> 00:41:15,084
You too.

689
00:41:15,167 --> 00:41:17,126
Well, since when have
you had an assistant?

690
00:41:17,209 --> 00:41:19,334
- Since the day I met her.
- Yesterday.

691
00:41:19,959 --> 00:41:21,959
Oh, well.

692
00:41:22,042 --> 00:41:24,417
What are you doing here
at Scotland Yard this morning anyway?

693
00:41:24,501 --> 00:41:27,792
I'm trying to find out something about
the death of Sylvia Garde.

694
00:41:27,876 --> 00:41:28,834
You remember that name?

695
00:41:28,917 --> 00:41:30,459
Yes, I do indeed.

696
00:41:30,542 --> 00:41:32,709
- Suicide.
- Well, I wonder.

697
00:41:32,792 --> 00:41:34,834
I've been checking up
on some of her friends.

698
00:41:34,917 --> 00:41:37,334
Sergeant, bring in last
month's suicide file, will you?

699
00:41:37,417 --> 00:41:40,834
Yes, I want the report on Sylvia Garde,
spinster, deceased.

700
00:41:40,917 --> 00:41:42,501
You know a lawyer named Hector Reith?

701
00:41:42,584 --> 00:41:44,667
Yes, he was Sylvia Garde's
trustee, wasn't he?

702
00:41:44,751 --> 00:41:45,792
What do you think of him?

703
00:41:45,876 --> 00:41:47,084
Oh, he's got a good practice.

704
00:41:47,167 --> 00:41:48,251
Know any of his clients?

705
00:41:48,334 --> 00:41:49,751
No, not personally.

706
00:41:49,834 --> 00:41:52,084
One of them was in
the news last year, he, er,

707
00:41:52,167 --> 00:41:53,792
he was being blackmailed and…

708
00:41:53,876 --> 00:41:56,251
Well, you know, Steve, if only those
fellows would come to the police,

709
00:41:56,334 --> 00:41:57,417
we might be able to help them.

710
00:41:57,501 --> 00:41:58,667
How'd he get into the news?

711
00:41:58,751 --> 00:42:00,667
Throwing himself off Tower Bridge.

712
00:42:01,584 --> 00:42:04,626
Doesn't that seem like sort of
a strange coincidence?

713
00:42:04,709 --> 00:42:06,792
Yes, yes, it is,
now you come to think of it.

714
00:42:06,876 --> 00:42:08,084
Sylvia Garde and…

715
00:42:08,167 --> 00:42:10,209
Both Hector Reith's clients.

716
00:42:10,292 --> 00:42:12,584
Oh, that's all it is probably,
just coincidence.

717
00:42:12,667 --> 00:42:13,709
Mm.

718
00:42:15,292 --> 00:42:16,376
File on Sylvia Garde, sir.

719
00:42:16,459 --> 00:42:17,751
Thank you, Sergeant.

720
00:42:18,751 --> 00:42:21,209
Well, the coroner was satisfied anyway.

721
00:42:21,292 --> 00:42:22,709
Oh, and Reith gave evidence.

722
00:42:22,792 --> 00:42:24,792
Said she was moody and hysterical.

723
00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:26,376
Suicide seemed quite logical.

724
00:42:26,459 --> 00:42:28,376
How long was the body in the water?

725
00:42:28,459 --> 00:42:30,042
Three or four weeks.

726
00:42:30,126 --> 00:42:31,667
Unrecognisable, of course.

727
00:42:31,751 --> 00:42:32,709
How was it identified?

728
00:42:32,792 --> 00:42:34,042
Clothing and jewellery.

729
00:42:35,001 --> 00:42:36,876
Oh, er, mind if I have a look?

730
00:42:36,959 --> 00:42:37,834
Do.

731
00:42:39,501 --> 00:42:41,167
Not very pretty, I'm afraid.

732
00:42:42,084 --> 00:42:42,917
Not very.

733
00:42:44,501 --> 00:42:45,542
Well.

734
00:42:45,626 --> 00:42:46,751
Anything else?

735
00:42:46,834 --> 00:42:50,126
No, er… No, thanks, Dave,
you've been very helpful.

736
00:42:55,417 --> 00:42:57,792
Sorry about that Star Opaque business.

737
00:42:58,626 --> 00:43:01,917
Well, your methods are a bit too
revolutionary for us, Steve.

738
00:43:02,917 --> 00:43:04,542
Tell me the truth, Dave.

739
00:43:04,626 --> 00:43:06,459
What would you give for
a half hour on your own

740
00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:08,042
in Hector Reith's office?

741
00:43:08,126 --> 00:43:09,459
Now listen, Steve,

742
00:43:09,542 --> 00:43:11,709
I don't know what's at
the back of your mind,

743
00:43:11,792 --> 00:43:14,584
but I should like to remind you that
as far Sylvia Garde is concerned,

744
00:43:14,667 --> 00:43:17,751
the police are quite satisfied
she committed suicide.

745
00:43:17,834 --> 00:43:19,876
Mm. Could be.

746
00:43:21,167 --> 00:43:22,417
See you around, Dave.

747
00:43:22,501 --> 00:43:23,667
Goodbye.

748
00:43:23,751 --> 00:43:24,584
Goodbye.

749
00:43:32,042 --> 00:43:33,042
Hello?

750
00:43:34,167 --> 00:43:35,001
Yes.

751
00:43:35,917 --> 00:43:37,542
This is Miss Balfour speaking.

752
00:43:38,667 --> 00:43:40,709
<i>This is Steve Smith. Do you own a car?</i>

753
00:43:41,626 --> 00:43:42,876
I do, yes.

754
00:43:43,667 --> 00:43:45,667
<i>I'd like you to take me for a drive.</i>

755
00:43:47,209 --> 00:43:48,626
What's it all about?

756
00:43:48,709 --> 00:43:50,751
<i>I'll tell you when I see you.
I'll be right over.</i>

757
00:44:05,001 --> 00:44:06,459
He's coming over.

758
00:44:07,084 --> 00:44:08,751
Better get out the back way.

759
00:44:13,459 --> 00:44:15,417
Why are you so anxious
to see Sylvia's bungalow?

760
00:44:16,334 --> 00:44:17,376
Just a hunch.

761
00:44:17,959 --> 00:44:20,709
Frankly, I think you're wasting your time
with all this murder business.

762
00:44:21,542 --> 00:44:23,209
Sylvia was definitely suicidal.

763
00:44:24,084 --> 00:44:26,792
None of her friends were at
all surprised at her death.

764
00:44:26,876 --> 00:44:28,167
Tell me…

765
00:44:28,251 --> 00:44:30,209
was Sylvia a heavy drinker?

766
00:44:30,292 --> 00:44:31,376
Why do you ask?

767
00:44:31,459 --> 00:44:33,459
Well, I just wondered if
she might ever have been

768
00:44:33,542 --> 00:44:35,501
in a home for alcoholics,

769
00:44:35,584 --> 00:44:38,376
such as the Star Opaque Nursing Home.

770
00:44:39,501 --> 00:44:40,751
I've no idea, why?

771
00:44:43,209 --> 00:44:45,042
Trying to get a mental
picture of Sylvia,

772
00:44:45,126 --> 00:44:46,751
but it's kind of difficult.

773
00:44:46,834 --> 00:44:49,251
I get a different impression of her
from everybody I talk to,

774
00:44:49,334 --> 00:44:50,584
everybody who knew her.

775
00:44:50,667 --> 00:44:51,751
Who for example?

776
00:44:51,834 --> 00:44:55,167
Well, you, Reith, Ford.

777
00:44:56,584 --> 00:44:57,917
Anybody else?

778
00:44:58,001 --> 00:44:59,167
Hmm.

779
00:44:59,251 --> 00:45:01,167
Little girl named Anne Carter.

780
00:45:02,876 --> 00:45:04,501
Did she know her well?

781
00:45:04,584 --> 00:45:05,709
No.

782
00:45:05,792 --> 00:45:07,459
No, never saw her, as a matter of fact.

783
00:45:07,542 --> 00:45:09,959
Just had a few telephone
conversations with her.

784
00:45:10,584 --> 00:45:11,626
I see.

785
00:45:32,501 --> 00:45:33,959
Nice place.

786
00:45:34,042 --> 00:45:35,459
Looks well taken care of.

787
00:45:35,542 --> 00:45:36,584
Now what?

788
00:45:45,292 --> 00:45:47,542
Well, the puppet man.

789
00:45:47,626 --> 00:45:49,876
I didn't expect to
see you here, Mr Smith.

790
00:45:51,084 --> 00:45:52,584
Oh, how are you, Louise?

791
00:45:52,667 --> 00:45:54,001
I'm very well, thank you.

792
00:45:54,084 --> 00:45:56,834
I just came down to look the place over.
Do you mind?

793
00:45:56,917 --> 00:45:59,042
Er, not at all, not at all.

794
00:46:00,417 --> 00:46:03,209
I'll be glad to show you the place myself.

795
00:46:07,667 --> 00:46:10,251
I expect you're surprised
to see me here, Mr Smith.

796
00:46:11,251 --> 00:46:15,542
You see, Ivanhoe
is a sort of shrine to me.

797
00:46:15,626 --> 00:46:18,459
Sylvia and I spent some of
our happiest moments here.

798
00:46:19,459 --> 00:46:21,126
And whenever I have a little free time,

799
00:46:21,209 --> 00:46:24,876
I like to come down here
and try to recapture

800
00:46:24,959 --> 00:46:27,376
some of the memories we shared together.

801
00:46:39,626 --> 00:46:40,792
Isn't it beautiful?

802
00:46:42,334 --> 00:46:43,917
Sad and wistful,

803
00:46:44,792 --> 00:46:47,501
as though the birds themselves
are mourning for her.

804
00:47:09,334 --> 00:47:10,417
Nice boat.

805
00:47:12,584 --> 00:47:15,667
Would you care to see
the inside of the bungalow?

806
00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:17,209
Yes.

807
00:47:18,542 --> 00:47:20,792
Yes, I would, very much.

808
00:47:38,167 --> 00:47:40,459
Everything is exactly as Sylvia left it.

809
00:47:41,459 --> 00:47:44,751
Louise is the only woman to
enter this place since Sylvia.

810
00:47:45,917 --> 00:47:48,126
Place been cleaned up at all?

811
00:47:48,209 --> 00:47:49,751
Only superficially.

812
00:47:49,834 --> 00:47:51,126
I attend to that myself.

813
00:47:52,876 --> 00:47:54,501
You forgot to empty the ashtrays.

814
00:47:55,834 --> 00:47:57,417
That was Sylvia's cigarette.

815
00:48:00,126 --> 00:48:01,167
Sorry.

816
00:48:02,959 --> 00:48:05,709
You've really made a shrine
of this place, haven't you?

817
00:48:05,792 --> 00:48:07,917
Is that a… a crime?

818
00:48:09,834 --> 00:48:13,209
Forgive me for injecting
a mercenary note here, Mr Ford,

819
00:48:13,292 --> 00:48:15,542
but this place would
sell for a lot of money.

820
00:48:17,126 --> 00:48:20,459
The idea of selling it
would be unthinkable.

821
00:48:23,626 --> 00:48:25,876
I came down here today to
collect a few personal things,

822
00:48:25,959 --> 00:48:27,626
if you'll excuse me for a moment.

823
00:48:43,542 --> 00:48:44,959
Please take me away.

824
00:48:46,251 --> 00:48:47,876
Don't you like it here?

825
00:48:47,959 --> 00:48:48,959
I hate it.

826
00:48:50,584 --> 00:48:52,959
Suppose you tell me
what's bothering you.

827
00:48:53,042 --> 00:48:54,292
There were two Sylvias.

828
00:48:54,376 --> 00:48:57,084
A good one and… and an evil one.

829
00:48:57,167 --> 00:48:59,292
It's the evil one she's left behind.

830
00:49:02,751 --> 00:49:03,917
What about Ford?

831
00:49:05,042 --> 00:49:07,667
That man awakens memories
of Sylvia I want to forget.

832
00:49:08,751 --> 00:49:09,792
Please.

833
00:49:11,001 --> 00:49:12,001
Okay.

834
00:49:40,709 --> 00:49:42,667
- Feeling better?
- Yes, thank you.

835
00:49:42,751 --> 00:49:44,084
The drive did me good.

836
00:49:44,917 --> 00:49:46,917
Am I gonna see you again?

837
00:49:47,001 --> 00:49:51,126
Well, now that… that sounds like
an invitation for me to go.

838
00:49:51,209 --> 00:49:53,084
I want to see you as often as I can.

839
00:49:54,084 --> 00:49:55,209
Do you?

840
00:49:57,251 --> 00:49:59,167
You don't believe me.

841
00:50:00,417 --> 00:50:01,709
Why don't you?

842
00:50:03,084 --> 00:50:06,709
Something about you that's
just too good to be true.

843
00:50:08,417 --> 00:50:09,917
I can't figure out what it is.

844
00:50:11,834 --> 00:50:13,292
I'm not perfect.

845
00:50:13,376 --> 00:50:14,709
Who is?

846
00:50:14,792 --> 00:50:15,876
People pretend.

847
00:50:16,709 --> 00:50:17,917
I never try to pretend.

848
00:50:18,792 --> 00:50:20,501
I know my own mind, I say what I mean.

849
00:50:23,292 --> 00:50:24,959
I wish I'd have met you years ago.

850
00:50:33,292 --> 00:50:34,626
Call me later.

851
00:50:37,126 --> 00:50:38,126
Yeah.

852
00:50:39,584 --> 00:50:41,251
Yeah, I'll call you.

853
00:50:55,084 --> 00:50:57,417
That was a touching
little scene, I must say.

854
00:50:57,501 --> 00:50:59,542
Do you think I meant what I said?

855
00:50:59,626 --> 00:51:01,126
You were very convincing.

856
00:51:03,209 --> 00:51:05,376
If I thought you were
falling for that lout…

857
00:51:05,459 --> 00:51:06,501
I know what I'm doing.

858
00:51:06,584 --> 00:51:07,917
What <i>are</i> you doing?

859
00:51:08,001 --> 00:51:10,376
Clouding his brain with love.

860
00:51:10,459 --> 00:51:12,459
I'm trying to find out
how much he knows.

861
00:51:12,542 --> 00:51:13,626
I'm warning you.

862
00:51:13,709 --> 00:51:15,042
You'll have to move fast
to keep up with him.

863
00:51:15,126 --> 00:51:16,584
Don't worry, my dear.

864
00:51:16,667 --> 00:51:19,334
After tonight, it won't
make any difference.

865
00:51:20,667 --> 00:51:22,751
And what about Anne Carter?

866
00:51:22,834 --> 00:51:24,459
I'll leave her to you.

867
00:51:31,501 --> 00:51:33,042
Hello?

868
00:51:33,126 --> 00:51:34,667
Oh, Miss Carter,

869
00:51:34,751 --> 00:51:38,876
there are four, erm…
gentlemen here to see you.

870
00:51:40,876 --> 00:51:43,501
They say they've come in
answer to your advertisement.

871
00:51:45,834 --> 00:51:47,876
Collectively or singularly, miss?

872
00:51:49,626 --> 00:51:51,126
Very good, miss.

873
00:51:53,834 --> 00:51:55,542
Told you, didn't I?

874
00:51:55,626 --> 00:51:56,792
Page.

875
00:51:56,876 --> 00:52:01,626
Take this, er, this, erm, gentleman
up to Mr Smith's suite, please.

876
00:52:01,709 --> 00:52:03,251
- Blimey!
- Get on with it!

877
00:52:03,334 --> 00:52:04,459
Come on!

878
00:52:19,292 --> 00:52:21,251
Miss Carter, this, er, person

879
00:52:21,334 --> 00:52:23,126
says he has an appointment with you.

880
00:52:24,126 --> 00:52:25,709
Just call me Cecil.

881
00:52:25,792 --> 00:52:27,792
Oh… Oh, Cecil.

882
00:52:27,876 --> 00:52:29,167
How do you do?

883
00:52:30,584 --> 00:52:33,251
'Ere, them other blokes down there,
they're no good, see?

884
00:52:33,334 --> 00:52:34,542
- No?
- No.

885
00:52:34,626 --> 00:52:36,626
There's not one of them
with a decent character.

886
00:52:36,709 --> 00:52:38,292
Now, I'm the boy for the job.

887
00:52:38,376 --> 00:52:40,459
Especially safe-busting.

888
00:52:40,542 --> 00:52:41,584
Good, you're hired.

889
00:52:42,417 --> 00:52:44,251
Now look, Cecil, the position is this.

890
00:52:44,334 --> 00:52:46,876
I want you to help me
open the safe of a friend.

891
00:52:46,959 --> 00:52:48,876
All right, miss. Now, where is it?

892
00:52:49,917 --> 00:52:52,626
Meet me at ten o'clock at
14 Golden Square tonight.

893
00:52:52,709 --> 00:52:53,751
Right.

894
00:52:56,626 --> 00:52:57,792
Oh, Steve.

895
00:52:59,334 --> 00:53:00,542
This is Cecil.

896
00:53:04,542 --> 00:53:06,084
- How do you do?
- How do you do?

897
00:53:06,792 --> 00:53:09,209
- Who's Cecil?
- He's going to help us.

898
00:53:11,042 --> 00:53:12,751
- Help us?
- Yes.

899
00:53:12,834 --> 00:53:14,917
You said you wanted to see
the inside of Reith's office,

900
00:53:15,001 --> 00:53:17,584
so I advertised for
an expert in safe opening.

901
00:53:17,667 --> 00:53:19,251
- You what?!
- Yes.

902
00:53:20,876 --> 00:53:23,084
All right, Cecil, that'll be all.

903
00:53:23,167 --> 00:53:24,626
Here you are.

904
00:53:24,709 --> 00:53:26,667
Hey, what's the divvy, 50/50?

905
00:53:26,751 --> 00:53:30,001
You'll have to ask the young lady,
she does the negotiating around here.

906
00:53:30,084 --> 00:53:32,292
Well, I'll give you 20 for the job.

907
00:53:33,251 --> 00:53:35,584
All right, miss.
Well, so long, guv.

908
00:53:35,667 --> 00:53:36,959
Thanks, Cecil.

909
00:53:40,209 --> 00:53:42,626
You mean to say,
you actually advertised in a paper

910
00:53:42,709 --> 00:53:45,542
for a… a…
how'd you get them to take it?

911
00:53:45,626 --> 00:53:47,084
I tried them all.

912
00:53:47,167 --> 00:53:48,292
This one took it.

913
00:53:49,209 --> 00:53:51,667
Well, if that doesn't top everything.

914
00:53:53,626 --> 00:53:55,292
And where have you been?

915
00:53:55,376 --> 00:53:56,376
Er, me?

916
00:53:56,459 --> 00:53:58,542
Oh, there was a guy I had to see.

917
00:53:58,626 --> 00:54:01,126
Mm. Well, the next time
you see this guy,

918
00:54:01,209 --> 00:54:03,042
ask him to remove his lipstick.

919
00:54:03,626 --> 00:54:05,626
Oh, that. Oh, I, er…

920
00:54:07,001 --> 00:54:08,667
I got that strictly in the line of duty.

921
00:54:09,542 --> 00:54:11,709
You'll have to stand in the line of fire.

922
00:54:13,251 --> 00:54:15,709
Now look, stop racing
your motor, will you?

923
00:54:15,792 --> 00:54:18,376
Louise Balfour is the key to
your whole suicide mystery.

924
00:54:20,584 --> 00:54:21,792
Yes.

925
00:54:21,876 --> 00:54:23,042
<i>This is Roger Ford.</i>

926
00:54:23,126 --> 00:54:24,626
Oh, hello, Mr Ford.

927
00:54:24,709 --> 00:54:26,459
Can you possibly meet me tonight?

928
00:54:27,542 --> 00:54:29,167
It's about Sylvia.

929
00:54:29,251 --> 00:54:30,584
<i>What about her?</i>

930
00:54:31,542 --> 00:54:33,334
I'm afraid I can't talk over the phone.

931
00:54:33,417 --> 00:54:34,417
I'm being watched.

932
00:54:35,792 --> 00:54:38,167
<i>Can you come down to the bungalow?</i>

933
00:54:38,251 --> 00:54:40,042
<i>I think it's the safest place
for us to talk.</i>

934
00:54:40,126 --> 00:54:40,834
Well, I…

935
00:54:40,917 --> 00:54:42,751
I'm in great danger, Mr Smith.

936
00:54:42,834 --> 00:54:43,876
<i>Okay.</i>

937
00:54:44,376 --> 00:54:45,709
<i>I'm on my way.</i>

938
00:54:51,584 --> 00:54:52,667
Ford.

939
00:54:53,584 --> 00:54:56,251
Wants me to meet him tonight
at Sylvia's bungalow.

940
00:54:56,334 --> 00:54:58,001
Can I borrow your car?

941
00:54:58,084 --> 00:54:59,542
You're not going?

942
00:54:59,626 --> 00:55:01,417
Yes, I think I will.

943
00:55:01,501 --> 00:55:02,834
It's probably a trap.

944
00:55:02,917 --> 00:55:05,626
Anyway, what about Cecil?
He's fixed for tonight.

945
00:55:05,709 --> 00:55:07,626
We'll have to stall him for a while.

946
00:55:08,542 --> 00:55:09,584
I could go.

947
00:55:10,917 --> 00:55:13,084
That is out.

948
00:55:13,167 --> 00:55:14,834
Definitely out.

949
00:55:23,209 --> 00:55:24,501
Yes, Mr Smith.

950
00:55:33,917 --> 00:55:36,876
- Hello.
<i>- Hector, it's on tonight.</i>

951
00:55:37,751 --> 00:55:39,667
Stop worrying.

952
00:55:39,751 --> 00:55:41,959
It's going to look just like an accident.

953
00:55:43,459 --> 00:55:44,834
You'd better be right.

954
00:56:20,084 --> 00:56:21,792
Is that you, Smith?

955
00:56:21,876 --> 00:56:24,542
- Yes.
- Come over in the boat.

956
00:56:24,626 --> 00:56:25,834
It's in the boathouse.

957
00:58:19,917 --> 00:58:21,292
How am I doing?

958
00:58:21,792 --> 00:58:23,667
Not bad for a beginner.

959
00:58:26,167 --> 00:58:28,459
All right, that's enough.

960
00:58:36,209 --> 00:58:37,917
Well, here goes.

961
00:59:10,667 --> 00:59:11,917
Got what you want?

962
00:59:12,001 --> 00:59:13,251
Yes, thanks.

963
00:59:13,334 --> 00:59:14,459
Is that all you want?

964
00:59:14,542 --> 00:59:17,042
- That's all.
- Blimey, you're easily satisfied.

965
00:59:17,126 --> 00:59:18,542
Yes, of course, yes.

966
00:59:30,126 --> 00:59:31,501
You know you got talent, my girl.

967
00:59:31,584 --> 00:59:32,834
With a bit of encouragement,

968
00:59:32,917 --> 00:59:34,917
there's no telling where it'll lead you.

969
00:59:39,001 --> 00:59:40,917
- Wait a minute.
- What's the matter?

970
00:59:41,001 --> 00:59:42,417
- Rozzer.
- Eh?

971
00:59:42,501 --> 00:59:44,876
- Rozzer! Thick, flatfoot cop.
- Oh.

972
00:59:46,167 --> 00:59:48,459
Dreadful life that
that poor fella's had.

973
00:59:48,542 --> 00:59:50,709
I wouldn't have that job
for all the tea in China.

974
00:59:50,792 --> 00:59:52,334
My old man wanted me to.

975
00:59:52,417 --> 00:59:54,251
Dead keen he was.

976
00:59:54,334 --> 00:59:55,751
But I took a firm stand.

977
00:59:55,834 --> 00:59:57,251
I can see that.

978
00:59:57,917 --> 00:59:59,626
We'll give him half a minute.

979
00:59:59,709 --> 01:00:01,709
Now, er, what was I saying?

980
01:00:01,792 --> 01:00:02,834
Oh, yes.

981
01:00:02,917 --> 01:00:04,834
Er, pity to waste talent like yours.

982
01:00:04,917 --> 01:00:07,251
I got a little jewellery shop
up my sleeve.

983
01:00:07,334 --> 01:00:08,834
Just your hand right in.

984
01:00:08,917 --> 01:00:10,667
Now, what are you doing on Friday?

985
01:00:23,334 --> 01:00:24,584
Oh, it's you, Steve.

986
01:00:24,667 --> 01:00:26,501
I thought I told you not to come here.

987
01:00:26,584 --> 01:00:28,084
Somebody had to.

988
01:00:28,167 --> 01:00:29,417
Anyway, I've got what we want.

989
01:00:29,501 --> 01:00:31,751
- Thanks to Cecil.
- Good, good.

990
01:00:31,834 --> 01:00:33,376
Let's get outta here
before that cop comes back.

991
01:00:33,459 --> 01:00:35,084
- Oh, suits me.
- Oh, there you are, Cecil.

992
01:00:35,167 --> 01:00:36,709
- It's all there.
- Thank you, guvnor.

993
01:00:36,792 --> 01:00:38,584
That little girl of yours
has got a lot of talent.

994
01:00:38,667 --> 01:00:40,042
It's a crime to waste it.

995
01:00:40,126 --> 01:00:41,126
- Oh, it is.
- Yeah.

996
01:00:41,209 --> 01:00:42,626
A wicked crime, guvnor.

997
01:00:42,709 --> 01:00:43,709
Well, goodnight, guv.

998
01:00:43,792 --> 01:00:44,667
- Goodnight, miss.
- Goodnight.

999
01:00:44,751 --> 01:00:46,917
Hey! Don't forget our date on Friday.

1000
01:00:47,876 --> 01:00:49,084
Come on.

1001
01:00:56,167 --> 01:00:58,084
Apparently Reith kept one
of these little black books

1002
01:00:58,167 --> 01:01:00,709
on every one of his clients
except Sylvia Garde.

1003
01:01:00,792 --> 01:01:04,042
Look at that, their hobbies,
their income, their private lives.

1004
01:01:04,126 --> 01:01:05,959
He didn't miss a trick.

1005
01:01:06,042 --> 01:01:07,209
Then Reith is a blackmailer.

1006
01:01:07,292 --> 01:01:09,084
You bet your life he is.

1007
01:01:09,167 --> 01:01:11,501
Annie, I think we're
beginning to get somewhere.

1008
01:01:11,584 --> 01:01:13,126
Oh, look at this.

1009
01:01:15,209 --> 01:01:16,834
What do you make of that?

1010
01:01:16,917 --> 01:01:17,917
Oh.

1011
01:01:18,459 --> 01:01:20,376
Looks like a piece of a woman's dress.

1012
01:01:20,459 --> 01:01:21,542
- Mm.
- Where did you find it?

1013
01:01:21,626 --> 01:01:23,084
In Sylvia's bungalow.

1014
01:01:23,167 --> 01:01:25,001
It was stuck to the
gunnel of a small boat.

1015
01:01:25,084 --> 01:01:26,542
Is there any significance in that?

1016
01:01:26,626 --> 01:01:28,167
Well, could be.

1017
01:01:29,376 --> 01:01:30,667
Suppose this was a bit of the dress

1018
01:01:30,751 --> 01:01:33,001
Sylvia was wearing when she was murdered.

1019
01:01:33,084 --> 01:01:35,251
Yes, but how did it get stuck
to the gunnel of the boat?

1020
01:01:35,334 --> 01:01:37,084
Exactly, how?

1021
01:01:37,167 --> 01:01:41,167
Now, Sylvia's body was unrecognisable
when it was picked up.

1022
01:01:41,251 --> 01:01:43,959
That means that it was under
the water for a long time.

1023
01:01:44,042 --> 01:01:45,209
But if it was suicide,

1024
01:01:45,292 --> 01:01:48,334
- why didn't it come to the surface sooner?
- Yes.

1025
01:01:48,417 --> 01:01:51,376
Now let's assume that Sylvia
was murdered at Bray,

1026
01:01:51,459 --> 01:01:52,959
perhaps by drowning.

1027
01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:54,376
Then the murderer took the body,

1028
01:01:54,459 --> 01:01:56,251
lashed it under the keel of the boat,

1029
01:01:56,334 --> 01:01:58,626
and kept it there until
it was unrecognisable.

1030
01:01:58,709 --> 01:01:59,792
Then he cut it away,

1031
01:01:59,876 --> 01:02:02,167
hoping that the stream
would carry it away.

1032
01:02:02,876 --> 01:02:04,417
Now, are we getting anywhere?

1033
01:02:04,501 --> 01:02:07,251
Well, it would be a clever
way to get rid of a body.

1034
01:02:07,334 --> 01:02:09,501
Hector Reith is clever.

1035
01:02:09,584 --> 01:02:10,792
Yes.

1036
01:02:10,876 --> 01:02:12,042
So is Roger Ford.

1037
01:02:13,209 --> 01:02:15,167
Yeah, Roger too. He's a clever guy.

1038
01:02:16,667 --> 01:02:18,042
And Louise.

1039
01:02:18,126 --> 01:02:19,251
She's a clever gal.

1040
01:02:21,042 --> 01:02:23,876
So, Mr Smith, I'm afraid we're
right back where we started.

1041
01:02:23,959 --> 01:02:25,126
Oh, no, not quite, Annie.

1042
01:02:25,209 --> 01:02:28,001
At least now we've got a motive
for Hector Reith, blackmail.

1043
01:02:28,084 --> 01:02:30,251
Sylvia knew more than was good for her.

1044
01:02:30,334 --> 01:02:31,751
What woman doesn't?

1045
01:02:31,834 --> 01:02:33,584
Yes, I see what you mean.

1046
01:02:33,667 --> 01:02:34,834
Well anyway, first thing in the morning,

1047
01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:36,334
if I can borrow that car of yours,

1048
01:02:36,417 --> 01:02:38,251
I'm gonna start making a few calls.

1049
01:02:38,334 --> 01:02:39,834
Well, you better work fast.

1050
01:02:39,917 --> 01:02:42,292
When Reith finds out what we've
done to that lovely safe of his,

1051
01:02:42,376 --> 01:02:44,042
he's going to move heaven
and earth to stop you.

1052
01:02:44,126 --> 01:02:47,959
Yeah. You take those two books along
to Inspector Meaker in the morning.

1053
01:02:48,042 --> 01:02:49,459
If he wants to know where you found them,

1054
01:02:49,542 --> 01:02:51,959
tell him… tell him
I'll answer that personally.

1055
01:02:52,042 --> 01:02:52,792
Right.

1056
01:02:52,876 --> 01:02:54,501
In the meantime,
I'll be having a little chat

1057
01:02:54,584 --> 01:02:57,376
with Mrs Arthur Pearson.

1058
01:02:57,459 --> 01:02:58,834
Mr Smith.

1059
01:02:58,917 --> 01:03:02,167
I'm not in the habit of
discussing my personal affairs.

1060
01:03:02,751 --> 01:03:04,959
Mrs Pearson, I'm trying to help you.

1061
01:03:05,042 --> 01:03:06,417
Why are you lying to me?

1062
01:03:06,501 --> 01:03:07,959
Please.

1063
01:03:08,042 --> 01:03:10,126
Please leave me alone.

1064
01:03:10,209 --> 01:03:12,334
Hector Reith was your lawyer, wasn't he?

1065
01:03:13,917 --> 01:03:16,667
I refuse to answer any more questions.

1066
01:03:16,751 --> 01:03:18,542
That is final.

1067
01:03:18,626 --> 01:03:21,042
If you'd just tell me
what's frightening you.

1068
01:03:21,792 --> 01:03:22,917
Goodbye, Mr Smith.

1069
01:03:25,959 --> 01:03:27,251
Goodbye, Mrs Pearson.

1070
01:03:32,376 --> 01:03:34,292
But I have information to the contrary.

1071
01:03:34,376 --> 01:03:36,417
There must be some mistake.

1072
01:03:36,501 --> 01:03:37,834
I've never heard of Hector Reith.

1073
01:03:37,917 --> 01:03:41,001
Mr Parker, there's no mistake
about your name in this book.

1074
01:03:43,917 --> 01:03:45,167
I'm sorry.

1075
01:03:45,251 --> 01:03:46,459
I can't help you.

1076
01:03:56,667 --> 01:03:57,959
- Yes.
<i>- Hector?</i>

1077
01:03:58,959 --> 01:04:00,334
<i>Roger Ford.</i>

1078
01:04:00,417 --> 01:04:02,501
<i>He's working on those names.</i>

1079
01:04:02,584 --> 01:04:03,834
<i>He's just left Parker.</i>

1080
01:04:03,917 --> 01:04:05,209
All right.

1081
01:04:05,292 --> 01:04:06,834
Now listen.

1082
01:04:06,917 --> 01:04:09,167
The only one I'm worried about is Manson.

1083
01:04:09,251 --> 01:04:12,417
Get to Manson before he
does and stop him talking.

1084
01:04:12,501 --> 01:04:15,251
Mr Manson, I'll give you
my personal word

1085
01:04:15,334 --> 01:04:17,292
that anything you choose to tell me

1086
01:04:17,376 --> 01:04:19,084
I'll keep strictly off the record.

1087
01:04:21,876 --> 01:04:22,959
All right.

1088
01:04:25,792 --> 01:04:30,626
About a year ago, I met
a girl named Julie Watson.

1089
01:04:32,751 --> 01:04:35,292
They say there's no fool like an old fool.

1090
01:04:35,376 --> 01:04:36,667
I was no exception.

1091
01:04:37,751 --> 01:04:39,292
You fell for her.

1092
01:04:39,376 --> 01:04:40,834
I did.

1093
01:04:40,917 --> 01:04:44,292
She was the most evil and the most
fascinating creature I've known.

1094
01:04:45,751 --> 01:04:48,626
The sort of woman that men
like me are fair game for.

1095
01:04:49,501 --> 01:04:52,626
She bled me of every penny I possessed.

1096
01:04:52,709 --> 01:04:54,751
And then one day she disappeared.

1097
01:04:55,876 --> 01:04:58,876
Shortly afterwards,
I received a blackmail letter.

1098
01:04:58,959 --> 01:05:00,126
Mm.

1099
01:05:00,751 --> 01:05:02,251
You're married?

1100
01:05:02,334 --> 01:05:03,792
My wife was an invalid.

1101
01:05:04,959 --> 01:05:06,959
The author of the letter
threatened to tell her

1102
01:05:07,042 --> 01:05:09,292
what had happened
between me and the girl.

1103
01:05:10,167 --> 01:05:12,459
- Did you go to a lawyer?
- Yes.

1104
01:05:12,542 --> 01:05:14,167
I went to my solicitor, Hector Reith.

1105
01:05:14,251 --> 01:05:15,542
Hector Reith.

1106
01:05:15,626 --> 01:05:17,751
All he did was to show me
how to raise on collateral

1107
01:05:17,834 --> 01:05:20,084
to meet the blackmailer's demands.

1108
01:05:20,167 --> 01:05:22,209
I may say that as a result of his advice,

1109
01:05:22,292 --> 01:05:26,626
I'm today reduced to one small business.

1110
01:05:26,709 --> 01:05:29,209
I had a chain of 11 shops.

1111
01:05:29,292 --> 01:05:30,501
And your wife?

1112
01:05:30,584 --> 01:05:31,667
She died.

1113
01:05:32,334 --> 01:05:34,334
Then they let you alone.

1114
01:05:34,417 --> 01:05:36,709
The only consolation left to me

1115
01:05:36,792 --> 01:05:38,834
was knowing that my wife died in ignorance

1116
01:05:38,917 --> 01:05:40,917
of the whole rotten business.

1117
01:05:43,667 --> 01:05:46,001
Can you describe
this girl for me, Mr Manson?

1118
01:05:46,084 --> 01:05:47,584
She was exotic.

1119
01:05:47,667 --> 01:05:49,876
Dark hair, vivid blue eyes.

1120
01:05:50,792 --> 01:05:53,084
And to me she had the face of an angel.

1121
01:05:55,751 --> 01:05:57,667
Mind if I ask you one more question?

1122
01:05:58,709 --> 01:05:59,792
By all means.

1123
01:06:00,792 --> 01:06:03,751
You know a man named Roger Ford?

1124
01:06:03,834 --> 01:06:05,167
Very well.

1125
01:06:05,251 --> 01:06:06,751
He used to run puppet shows,

1126
01:06:06,834 --> 01:06:10,167
when he wasn't busy collecting
blackmail money from people like me.

1127
01:06:13,042 --> 01:06:15,417
You don't happen to have
a photograph or a snapshot

1128
01:06:15,501 --> 01:06:16,501
of this girl, do you?

1129
01:06:16,584 --> 01:06:18,667
I have, but not here.

1130
01:06:18,751 --> 01:06:20,959
Well, could you get one for me sometime?

1131
01:06:21,042 --> 01:06:23,126
I can probably get
one for you by tonight.

1132
01:06:23,209 --> 01:06:24,292
Shall I send it to you?

1133
01:06:24,376 --> 01:06:26,501
No, no, I'll drop around for it later.

1134
01:06:26,584 --> 01:06:29,709
All right, look in again
about nine o'clock.

1135
01:06:29,792 --> 01:06:32,126
- I'll see if I can find it.
- Thanks.

1136
01:06:32,209 --> 01:06:34,001
Oh, and, Mr Manson,

1137
01:06:34,084 --> 01:06:36,792
I've been interviewing
people like you all day.

1138
01:06:36,876 --> 01:06:38,626
You're the first one that's
had the guts to talk.

1139
01:06:38,709 --> 01:06:41,709
So watch your step, will you?

1140
01:06:43,501 --> 01:06:45,501
I'm aware of the risk, Mr Smith.

1141
01:06:55,084 --> 01:06:58,501
<i>We must apologise for
a temporary break in transmission.</i>

1142
01:06:58,584 --> 01:07:01,667
<i>Normal service will be
resumed as soon as possible.</i>

1143
01:07:01,751 --> 01:07:03,709
<i>Meanwhile, we will play
a gramophone record.</i>

1144
01:07:17,042 --> 01:07:17,792
Ford.

1145
01:07:27,959 --> 01:07:29,459
What do you want?

1146
01:07:32,584 --> 01:07:34,167
Switch on, Manson.

1147
01:07:37,167 --> 01:07:39,167
A little louder.

1148
01:07:44,709 --> 01:07:45,834
Now that one.

1149
01:07:55,042 --> 01:07:56,542
We'll have one more.

1150
01:08:07,959 --> 01:08:08,959
Louder.

1151
01:08:11,167 --> 01:08:12,292
Louder!

1152
01:08:15,917 --> 01:08:16,917
No!

1153
01:08:17,876 --> 01:08:18,917
No, Ford, don't!

1154
01:08:33,834 --> 01:08:36,209
- I want to talk to you.
- Come in, darling,

1155
01:08:36,292 --> 01:08:37,751
I've been trying to get you all day.

1156
01:08:42,876 --> 01:08:45,292
Why have you been holding out on me?

1157
01:08:45,376 --> 01:08:46,501
What do you mean?

1158
01:08:46,584 --> 01:08:49,626
You said the other day that Roger Ford
awakened memories of Sylvia

1159
01:08:49,709 --> 01:08:51,667
that you wanted to forget.

1160
01:08:51,751 --> 01:08:53,376
What were those memories?

1161
01:08:53,459 --> 01:08:55,709
Was she a Jekyll and Hyde character?

1162
01:08:55,792 --> 01:08:58,251
Was she the kind of woman
that made you love her one day

1163
01:08:58,334 --> 01:08:59,709
and hate her the next?

1164
01:08:59,792 --> 01:09:02,167
Manson started out by loving her.

1165
01:09:02,251 --> 01:09:03,542
- You know Manson?
- No.

1166
01:09:03,626 --> 01:09:04,959
I've just seen him.

1167
01:09:05,042 --> 01:09:06,251
Men the wrong side of 50

1168
01:09:06,334 --> 01:09:09,542
were natural prey for a woman
like Sylvia, weren't they?

1169
01:09:10,251 --> 01:09:12,667
Manson just told me the whole story,
would you like to hear it?

1170
01:09:12,751 --> 01:09:13,917
I don't know what you're talking about.

1171
01:09:14,001 --> 01:09:15,459
All right, I'll explain.

1172
01:09:15,542 --> 01:09:18,251
Reith was using Sylvia as
an instrument of blackmail,

1173
01:09:18,334 --> 01:09:20,251
but that instrument recoiled, honey.

1174
01:09:20,334 --> 01:09:22,334
Sylvia got a little too
ambitious, didn't she?

1175
01:09:22,417 --> 01:09:23,167
That isn't true.

1176
01:09:23,251 --> 01:09:25,042
Maybe she figured there wasn't
enough in the deal for her.

1177
01:09:25,126 --> 01:09:27,376
So she started blackmailing Reith

1178
01:09:27,459 --> 01:09:28,626
and he murdered her himself.

1179
01:09:28,709 --> 01:09:29,876
- Isn't that right?
- No!

1180
01:09:32,667 --> 01:09:33,834
It's true and you know it.

1181
01:09:33,917 --> 01:09:35,917
You've known all along the kind
of woman that Sylvia was,

1182
01:09:36,001 --> 01:09:37,209
and just what she was up to.

1183
01:09:37,292 --> 01:09:38,542
She was rotten to the core

1184
01:09:38,626 --> 01:09:40,042
and she got what was coming to her.

1185
01:09:40,126 --> 01:09:43,292
For some reason, you've been
trying to protect her. Why?

1186
01:09:43,376 --> 01:09:44,751
Stop, please, stop!

1187
01:09:54,334 --> 01:09:55,667
- Did you send for Reith?
- No.

1188
01:09:55,751 --> 01:09:56,834
- Are you sure?
- Yes.

1189
01:09:56,917 --> 01:09:59,376
It's me he's after, he'll kill me.

1190
01:10:02,292 --> 01:10:03,501
Is there a back exit here?

1191
01:10:03,584 --> 01:10:04,917
Yes, through the kitchen.

1192
01:10:06,084 --> 01:10:08,084
Okay. Okay, beat it.

1193
01:10:09,584 --> 01:10:11,334
Wait for me in the lobby
in my hotel, I'll be there.

1194
01:10:11,417 --> 01:10:12,667
- All right.
- Hurry up.

1195
01:10:12,751 --> 01:10:14,084
Open up!

1196
01:10:14,167 --> 01:10:16,209
Open the door, let me in!

1197
01:10:32,126 --> 01:10:34,334
I'd like to talk to you, Mr Reith.

1198
01:10:35,917 --> 01:10:37,001
Good evening.

1199
01:10:37,751 --> 01:10:39,459
Don't move, Mr Smith.

1200
01:10:50,542 --> 01:10:52,459
I said, "Don't move."

1201
01:11:10,834 --> 01:11:11,834
Ooh!

1202
01:11:34,167 --> 01:11:35,751
Come on, move!

1203
01:11:42,501 --> 01:11:44,292
No, don't shoot!

1204
01:11:44,376 --> 01:11:45,626
Ford, don't shoot!

1205
01:12:06,959 --> 01:12:08,417
<i>Hello?</i>

1206
01:12:08,501 --> 01:12:10,209
<i>Hello? Hello?</i>

1207
01:12:12,292 --> 01:12:13,334
Hello?

1208
01:12:14,167 --> 01:12:15,126
Hello, Anne, is that you?

1209
01:12:15,209 --> 01:12:16,834
<i>- Steve.</i>
- Yeah, it's Steve.

1210
01:12:16,917 --> 01:12:18,334
- Now listen, Anne—
<i>- But, Steve…</i>

1211
01:12:18,417 --> 01:12:20,917
Well, I haven't time to
explain now, listen to me.

1212
01:12:21,001 --> 01:12:23,751
Go down to the lobby of the hotel.
Louis Balfour's on her way there.

1213
01:12:24,667 --> 01:12:26,751
Yeah, whatever you do,
don't let her out of your sight.

1214
01:12:27,334 --> 01:12:29,251
<i>- Steve</i>…
- Annie, Annie,

1215
01:12:29,334 --> 01:12:31,667
will you do as I say? I'll explain later.

1216
01:12:31,751 --> 01:12:34,001
Don't let Louise Balfour
out of your sight.

1217
01:12:50,959 --> 01:12:52,001
Just a moment, sir.

1218
01:12:53,251 --> 01:12:54,501
- Inspector?
- Yes.

1219
01:12:54,584 --> 01:12:56,042
There's a Mr Smith to see you.

1220
01:13:00,501 --> 01:13:01,584
Hello.

1221
01:13:02,459 --> 01:13:04,751
- Well, what do you want?
- What's going on, Dave?

1222
01:13:04,834 --> 01:13:07,126
- Who do you want to see?
- I want to see Mr Manson.

1223
01:13:08,292 --> 01:13:09,501
Come inside.

1224
01:13:20,751 --> 01:13:22,834
They don't waste much time, do they?

1225
01:13:22,917 --> 01:13:25,167
He was alive at
five o'clock this afternoon.

1226
01:13:25,251 --> 01:13:26,334
How do you know?

1227
01:13:26,417 --> 01:13:27,501
I was with him.

1228
01:13:28,501 --> 01:13:30,334
He was one of Reith's clients.

1229
01:13:30,417 --> 01:13:32,292
Oh, by the way, what'd you think
of that little black book

1230
01:13:32,376 --> 01:13:33,459
of Reith's that I sent you?

1231
01:13:33,542 --> 01:13:35,834
Gave me enough to sign
a warrant for his arrest.

1232
01:13:35,917 --> 01:13:38,167
Well, you can save the warrant.
Reith's dead.

1233
01:13:38,251 --> 01:13:40,917
Ford came gunning for me
and hit Reith by mistake.

1234
01:13:41,667 --> 01:13:43,042
Here you are, sir.

1235
01:13:44,876 --> 01:13:46,209
This all you could find?

1236
01:13:46,292 --> 01:13:48,626
These are the only things
of a personal nature, sir.

1237
01:13:48,709 --> 01:13:51,334
All he had was a furnished room.
Practically nothing in it.

1238
01:13:51,417 --> 01:13:53,667
- All right, thank you.
- All right, sir.

1239
01:13:55,209 --> 01:13:56,584
No help, huh?

1240
01:13:56,667 --> 01:13:59,209
I don't know.
Spectacles, watch, pipe.

1241
01:14:00,084 --> 01:14:02,167
And a snapshot of him with some girl.

1242
01:14:02,251 --> 01:14:03,959
A snapshot? Let me see that.

1243
01:14:06,501 --> 01:14:08,042
Holy cats!

1244
01:14:08,126 --> 01:14:09,417
Why, do you know her?

1245
01:14:10,501 --> 01:14:11,876
I'll say I know her.

1246
01:14:23,542 --> 01:14:24,751
Excuse me, sorry.

1247
01:14:26,334 --> 01:14:28,292
Get me Miss Anne Carter,
will you, please?

1248
01:14:28,376 --> 01:14:30,001
Yes, sir. Miss Carter.

1249
01:14:30,084 --> 01:14:31,417
Tell her I'm on the way up.

1250
01:14:31,501 --> 01:14:32,751
Oh, Mr Smith, there's
an air mail for you.

1251
01:14:32,834 --> 01:14:34,417
- It's marked special delivery.
- Oh.

1252
01:14:34,917 --> 01:14:35,834
Oh, yes.

1253
01:14:35,917 --> 01:14:38,584
I'm sorry, sir, there doesn't seem to be
a reply from Miss Carter's room.

1254
01:14:38,667 --> 01:14:41,459
No re… She's gotta be there,
are you kidding?

1255
01:14:41,542 --> 01:14:43,626
- I'll ring the doorman, sir.
- Yeah.

1256
01:14:43,709 --> 01:14:45,709
Are you sure you called the right room?

1257
01:14:45,792 --> 01:14:47,167
Oh, Jeremy.

1258
01:14:47,251 --> 01:14:49,209
Miss Anne Carter, have you seen her?

1259
01:14:50,334 --> 01:14:52,501
- Oh, you have?
- What's he say?

1260
01:14:52,584 --> 01:14:53,501
Yes.

1261
01:14:53,584 --> 01:14:55,209
Mr Smith is inquiring about her.

1262
01:14:55,292 --> 01:14:56,667
For Pete's sake, what's he say?

1263
01:14:56,751 --> 01:14:57,792
Really?

1264
01:14:58,542 --> 01:15:00,917
- Oh, quite so. Thank you.
- Come on, come on, pal.

1265
01:15:01,001 --> 01:15:02,834
All right, Jeremy, I'll tell him that.

1266
01:15:04,001 --> 01:15:05,042
Yes, I see.

1267
01:15:06,292 --> 01:15:08,501
The porter says that Miss Carter
and a lady friend

1268
01:15:08,584 --> 01:15:10,126
left about half an hour ago, sir.

1269
01:15:10,209 --> 01:15:11,959
They got into a car and drove away.

1270
01:15:12,959 --> 01:15:14,126
Holy cats!

1271
01:15:15,251 --> 01:15:17,251
Look, get in touch with Scotland Yard.

1272
01:15:17,334 --> 01:15:18,834
Tell them to get some men out to Ivanhoe,

1273
01:15:18,917 --> 01:15:20,584
Bray on Thames, right away.

1274
01:15:20,667 --> 01:15:22,792
Come on, on the double, pal,
on the double.

1275
01:15:24,209 --> 01:15:25,792
These Americans.

1276
01:15:25,876 --> 01:15:27,001
Really!

1277
01:15:30,084 --> 01:15:32,001
Get me Scotland Yard.

1278
01:15:40,709 --> 01:15:43,209
You're going to kill me, aren't you?

1279
01:15:43,292 --> 01:15:45,126
Of course, dear.

1280
01:15:45,209 --> 01:15:47,334
Just as soon as Roger arrives.

1281
01:15:47,417 --> 01:15:49,459
Yes, Roger Ford.

1282
01:15:49,542 --> 01:15:52,209
Roger prefers to do
these things himself.

1283
01:15:52,292 --> 01:15:54,459
He dislikes shooting, it's untidy.

1284
01:15:54,542 --> 01:15:56,917
He prefers drowning.

1285
01:15:57,001 --> 01:15:58,459
So you know about that?

1286
01:15:58,542 --> 01:15:59,917
Yes, it's what happened to Sylvia.

1287
01:16:01,251 --> 01:16:03,001
Yes, it was rather sad in a way.

1288
01:16:04,209 --> 01:16:06,792
We had to drown her, like a kitten.

1289
01:16:08,501 --> 01:16:11,417
You see, Sylvia had learned about us.

1290
01:16:11,501 --> 01:16:13,126
About your blackmail ring.

1291
01:16:13,209 --> 01:16:14,251
Of course.

1292
01:16:15,209 --> 01:16:16,876
Just the way you're learning about us.

1293
01:16:18,917 --> 01:16:20,667
You're insane, aren't you?

1294
01:16:21,251 --> 01:16:23,876
Completely and horribly insane.

1295
01:16:23,959 --> 01:16:28,334
I suppose I am in a way,
but no one will know it now.

1296
01:16:28,417 --> 01:16:29,667
Steve Smith will know.

1297
01:16:29,751 --> 01:16:31,917
Steve Smith! You loved him, didn't you?

1298
01:16:33,001 --> 01:16:35,251
But I paid him even a higher compliment.

1299
01:16:35,334 --> 01:16:36,417
I respected him.

1300
01:16:37,667 --> 01:16:38,917
But he was too clever.

1301
01:16:40,042 --> 01:16:41,417
That's why Roger killed him.

1302
01:16:41,917 --> 01:16:42,917
Kill him? Er…

1303
01:16:44,001 --> 01:16:45,626
In my apartment an hour ago.

1304
01:16:47,084 --> 01:16:50,084
You see, Steve was out of his class,

1305
01:16:51,001 --> 01:16:52,251
because Roger's a genius.

1306
01:16:52,334 --> 01:16:54,751
Steve's not dead. You're lying!

1307
01:16:55,876 --> 01:16:57,001
We shall see.

1308
01:17:04,834 --> 01:17:06,084
Stay where you are!

1309
01:17:13,917 --> 01:17:14,917
Don't move.

1310
01:17:16,042 --> 01:17:17,209
You see, you are lying.

1311
01:17:17,292 --> 01:17:19,292
You're afraid that might be Steve.

1312
01:17:19,376 --> 01:17:20,792
I knew you were lying.

1313
01:17:20,876 --> 01:17:21,751
Now what, Louise?

1314
01:17:21,834 --> 01:17:23,542
Do you dare to shoot it
out with Steve Smith?

1315
01:17:23,626 --> 01:17:25,751
I don't think that'll be necessary.

1316
01:17:25,834 --> 01:17:28,542
I have no intention of fighting a gun duel
with your famous Whispering Smith.

1317
01:17:28,626 --> 01:17:31,001
He won't try the front of the house now,
he'll probably try the back.

1318
01:17:32,001 --> 01:17:34,834
When he does, I'll…
I'll be behind these curtains.

1319
01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:36,626
Till he happens to turn his back.

1320
01:17:36,709 --> 01:17:37,584
And then you'll shoot?

1321
01:17:37,667 --> 01:17:39,376
Not unless you warn him.

1322
01:17:39,459 --> 01:17:41,626
I'm telling you, quite frankly,
if you dare say one word to him

1323
01:17:41,709 --> 01:17:44,334
when he comes into this room,
I'll shoot him down in front of your eyes.

1324
01:17:45,001 --> 01:17:46,209
Remember, not a word.

1325
01:17:46,292 --> 01:17:48,084
This gun will be pointing straight at him.

1326
01:18:04,876 --> 01:18:05,792
Anne.

1327
01:18:07,792 --> 01:18:08,959
Where is she?

1328
01:18:10,709 --> 01:18:11,667
It all checks.

1329
01:18:11,751 --> 01:18:14,917
We were right about their tying her
to the bottom of the boat, it all adds up.

1330
01:18:15,626 --> 01:18:16,709
Where is she?

1331
01:18:23,334 --> 01:18:25,417
Anne, what's the matter?
Where is she?

1332
01:18:26,292 --> 01:18:28,876
- I'm right behind you, Whispering Smith.
- Steve, she's got a gun!

1333
01:18:34,334 --> 01:18:35,459
Drop that gun, Steve.

1334
01:18:39,042 --> 01:18:40,251
Roger's on his way over.

1335
01:18:41,292 --> 01:18:42,792
He wouldn't like it if I had to shoot you.

1336
01:18:42,876 --> 01:18:45,209
Louise is crazy,
Steve, completely insane.

1337
01:18:46,584 --> 01:18:47,626
This isn't Louise.

1338
01:18:48,542 --> 01:18:49,917
Louise Balfour is dead.

1339
01:18:51,376 --> 01:18:52,251
Isn't she?

1340
01:18:53,084 --> 01:18:54,709
- Of course.
- Then who…?

1341
01:18:56,042 --> 01:18:57,959
I forgot to introduce myself, Anne.

1342
01:18:59,084 --> 01:19:00,501
I am Sylvia Garde.

1343
01:19:03,084 --> 01:19:05,042
You killed Louise Balfour,
didn't you, Sylvia?

1344
01:19:05,834 --> 01:19:07,251
Then you figured your best concealment

1345
01:19:07,334 --> 01:19:09,084
would be to take your victim's identity.

1346
01:19:16,084 --> 01:19:17,542
How did you find out, Steve?

1347
01:19:17,626 --> 01:19:20,459
I should have suspected
that first night in your apartment.

1348
01:19:20,542 --> 01:19:21,917
The silver cigarette box

1349
01:19:22,001 --> 01:19:25,042
with the American antique dealer's
name on the bottom of it.

1350
01:19:25,126 --> 01:19:27,167
Your British accent threw me at first too.

1351
01:19:27,751 --> 01:19:30,251
But you went to school here, didn't you?

1352
01:19:30,334 --> 01:19:32,001
Then I realised that
everything you told me

1353
01:19:32,084 --> 01:19:34,709
about Sylvia Garde fitted
Louise Balfour perfectly.

1354
01:19:35,376 --> 01:19:36,709
All I needed was proof.

1355
01:19:36,792 --> 01:19:38,584
And so you have it all figured out.

1356
01:19:40,417 --> 01:19:41,459
That's right.

1357
01:19:42,751 --> 01:19:44,042
Louise had to be put out of the way

1358
01:19:44,126 --> 01:19:46,126
because she knew about
your blackmailing Manson

1359
01:19:46,209 --> 01:19:48,126
and she was threatening to
tell Papa, isn't that right?

1360
01:19:48,209 --> 01:19:50,001
Yes, it was a pity too.

1361
01:19:51,084 --> 01:19:52,251
I liked Louise.

1362
01:19:52,959 --> 01:19:55,126
Now, why don't you be a good girl
and give me those guns?

1363
01:19:55,792 --> 01:19:57,542
But I'm not a good girl, Steve.

1364
01:19:57,626 --> 01:19:59,209
That's quite a point.

1365
01:20:00,001 --> 01:20:01,417
Stop or I'll shoot!

1366
01:20:03,042 --> 01:20:06,876
But I don't want to until…
until Roger arrives.

1367
01:20:07,792 --> 01:20:09,626
Roger's not arriving, Sylvia.

1368
01:20:09,709 --> 01:20:12,001
He was arrested an hour ago
for the murder of Hector Reith.

1369
01:20:12,084 --> 01:20:13,751
- That's not true!
- I was there when he did it.

1370
01:20:13,834 --> 01:20:15,834
He was shooting at me,
but he killed Reith.

1371
01:20:16,501 --> 01:20:20,251
No. No. No. No, he's on his way over!

1372
01:20:20,334 --> 01:20:22,084
Why don't you stop
kidding yourself, Sylvia?

1373
01:20:22,167 --> 01:20:23,417
The police are on their way here,

1374
01:20:23,501 --> 01:20:24,709
but Roger's not going anywhere,

1375
01:20:24,792 --> 01:20:26,501
except eventually to the gallows.

1376
01:20:26,584 --> 01:20:28,876
No! No, not Roger.

1377
01:20:28,959 --> 01:20:30,251
He's too clever for them.

1378
01:20:30,334 --> 01:20:31,751
They'll never hang him.

1379
01:20:31,834 --> 01:20:34,042
They'll never put a noose around Roger!

1380
01:20:39,042 --> 01:20:40,334
It's the police.

1381
01:20:41,834 --> 01:20:43,667
The filthy police have arrested him.

1382
01:21:02,001 --> 01:21:03,042
Roger!

1383
01:21:03,792 --> 01:21:05,001
Roger!

1384
01:21:17,417 --> 01:21:18,584
Give me the police.

1385
01:21:30,876 --> 01:21:33,001
Are you sure Mr Smith
left no message for me?

1386
01:21:33,084 --> 01:21:34,376
No, miss, nothing at all.

1387
01:21:36,084 --> 01:21:37,084
Oh.

1388
01:21:38,584 --> 01:21:41,126
Well, if any letters come for me,
this will be my address.

1389
01:21:41,209 --> 01:21:42,542
Certainly, miss.

1390
01:21:42,626 --> 01:21:44,501
I hope you have a nice holiday.

1391
01:21:44,584 --> 01:21:45,542
Thank you.

1392
01:21:49,667 --> 01:21:52,126
Hello, Plaza Hotel. Yes, sir.

1393
01:21:52,709 --> 01:21:55,042
Oh, yes, sir. She's just this moment left.

1394
01:21:58,376 --> 01:22:00,751
<i>Here is
a special announcement.</i>

1395
01:22:00,834 --> 01:22:04,292
<i>I have a message for a Miss Anne Carter.</i>

1396
01:22:04,376 --> 01:22:06,584
<i>- Will Miss Anne Carter please go—</i>
<i>- Annie.</i>

1397
01:22:06,667 --> 01:22:08,417
<i>Annie, it's me, Steve.</i>

1398
01:22:08,501 --> 01:22:10,167
<i>I missed you at the hotel.</i>

1399
01:22:10,251 --> 01:22:11,584
<i>Look, Annie, wherever you are,</i>

1400
01:22:11,667 --> 01:22:13,834
<i>will you come to the Station
Master's Office right away?</i>

1401
01:22:15,667 --> 01:22:17,709
Which way to the
Station Master's Office?

1402
01:22:23,667 --> 01:22:25,084
- Steve.
- Annie!

1403
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:29,042
Oh, I thought I'd missed you.

1404
01:22:30,334 --> 01:22:31,667
Look, I, erm…

1405
01:22:32,667 --> 01:22:35,251
I've got another case for you
if you want to take it.

1406
01:22:35,959 --> 01:22:36,917
Oh…

1407
01:22:37,584 --> 01:22:38,584
Me.

1408
01:22:39,126 --> 01:22:40,459
Permanent like.

1409
01:22:40,542 --> 01:22:41,501
Oh, Steve!

1410
01:22:45,626 --> 01:22:48,126
Miss, your train leaves in a minute.

1411
01:22:50,167 --> 01:22:52,876
We'd better get going.
We got a lot of vacation to catch up on.

1412
01:22:54,376 --> 01:22:55,459
Come on.

1413
01:22:57,501 --> 01:22:59,292
Steve, just one thing.

1414
01:22:59,376 --> 01:23:01,542
- What?
- Don't call me Annie.